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Title: A place to come to : a novel by Robert Penn Warren ISBN: 0394410653 Publisher: Random House Format: Unknown Binding

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Average Customer Rating: 4

Rating: 4
Summary: Great Writer, Good Story
Comment: This novel is the grandiloquent self-examination of the life of a poor southern boy whose superior intellect, his knack for language and letters, conveys him away from the poverty in which his family stewed.

It begins with the death of child Jed Tewksbury's drunkard father, the recollection of which develops into a party spoof, a personal stand-up comedy act, that gleans popularity for Jed at college gatherings and beyond. He discovers his abilities with Latin and literature, attracting along the way the attention of the town's one beautiful/smart girl -- but she's a fickle babe who falls for old money and simply strings Jed along for a couple of decades. Jed experiences some periods of simpering self-pity, but grows more mature as the story progresses.

I think Robert Penn Warren intended for this tale to exercise the same degree of power as All The King's Men, and all of the elements are present (great writing, compelling characters and vignettes, introspective details), but the final product simply doesn't deliver the same overall impact.

One interesting point: One episode features a horse-breeding interlude, which was virtually mirrored 20 years later in Tom Wolf's A Man In Full. Robert beat you to it, Tom.

Rating: 4
Summary: ' A PLACE TO COME TO'
Comment: eNTERTAINING AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT IS A VERY MODERN APROACH OF ONE INDIVIDUAL, FROM A VERY MODEST NEIGHBORHOOD AND BEING VERY WELL EDUCATED AND MAKING HIMSELF INTO A VERY HEROIC FIGURE.

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