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Title: Preston Falls : A Novel by David Gates ISBN: 0-679-75643-4 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 06 April, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.55 (29 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: The Quintissential Guide to Guys
Comment: I didn't want to read this book. I really didn't. I passed it by dozens of times in the bookstore, reaching for something else instead, a confection when I had the taste for meat. Male angst-again. Updike, Heller, Russo, I've been there, done that. So not again. Not now.
I finally picked it up one day after an hour-long search found me still novel-less. Oh, well. Whatever. Three days later, I put it down.
"Preston Falls" is so gripping, so real, so harrowing, you'll let the phone ring off the hook until you're finished. You want to tell Willis to shape up, do the right thing; but if you're a guy, you know that it wouldn't do any good. I'd write more but I just picked up "Jernigan" and feel the need to get started.
Oh, one more thing: why only four stars you ask? Hey, if I gave the man five, he'd only let me down next time.
Rating: 4
Summary: a unique voice, and a compelling story
Comment: Another reviewer here mentioned similarities with Updike and Russo, two authors I have read recently. I concur with that; the male character in this novel is in the throes of confusion, as is Rabbit, and confronts his real self, a bit like the main character in Empire Falls.
But this book stands out for its excellent depiction of the breakdown of both a person and a relationship. Gates is very perceptive in presenting the tiny details that herald this breakdown - the subtle dialogue, the intimate feelings, and the situations that are too complicated for normal people.
This is an emotional story, about love and loss, about trying to cope and giving in to primal desires. Unforgettable, but I can't give it 5 stars, which I reserve for Updike and Russo.
Rating: 5
Summary: Glad my kids are grown.....
Comment: I loved this book. Not so much that I loved the characters, but that I was fascinated with them. It reminded me of the outrageousness of John Updike's character in the Rabbit series, and of Richard Russo's characters...2 authors I adore. There was a distinct familiarity with many of the pathetic no-win conversations Jean had with the kids..I had to grin and feel grateful I made it passed that with my kids. I found nary a dull momement in this story, unlike some of the reviewers...I could hardly wait to find time to get back to it. I'm off to find more by David Gates.
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Title: Jernigan by David Gates ISBN: 0679737138 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 31 March, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Wonders of the Invisible World by David Gates ISBN: 0679756442 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 04 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Stern by Bruce Jay Friedman, Jack Richardson ISBN: 0802137504 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: 27 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Vernon God Little: A 21st Century Comedy in the Presence of Death by D. B. C. Pierre ISBN: 1841954608 Publisher: Canongate Books Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: Motherless Brooklyn by JONATHAN LETHEM ISBN: 0375724834 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 24 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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