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Title: Naked Pueblo by Mark Jude Poirier ISBN: 0-7868-8593-9 Publisher: Miramax Pub. Date: 07 February, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.52 (23 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Multi-dimensional characters and poignant stories
Comment: The reader from Seattle: did you even read the book? When reviewing a book, at least get the facts straight. The young hooker was NOT in a trailer park, she was in a recreational vehicle parked next to a lake with water "like Pepsi." The stories here are raw, sometimes hilarious, and always meaningful. Poirier is adept at finding the beautiful in the ugly or mundane.
Rating: 5
Summary: An unforgettable collection
Comment: Mark Jude Poirier has one of the freshest and most distinctive voices I've ever come across. The stories in Naked Pueblo are wickedly funny, exceptionally well-observed and well-written, intelligent, and, without fail, entertaining. As uncompromising as they are, there's a real warmth to them as well, and this warmth emerges in surprising, subtle, and powerful ways. "Cul-de-sacs" and "Tilt-a-Whirl" were my favorites, but every story in this collection is a winner, enjoyable and memorable. It's a rare achievement. I can't wait to see what Mr. Poirier gives us next.
(I came back to order more copies to give to friends, and found that it's no longer available. What gives? It'd be a real shame--and a grave injustice--if this book is allowed to disappear.)
Rating: 1
Summary: I disliked this so much I had to review it
Comment: I haven't reviewed a book in a long time, but I thought that this was so bad, I just couldn't let it go unsaid. On the back of my paperback edition is a blurb from Esquire that terms it a "...throw-everything-in-and-shake-it-up short story collection..." That sums it up exactly, and as so often happens when you throw everything in and shake it up, what comes out is kind a of flavorless, colorless mush.
These stories are filled with all kinds of characters, with all kinds of backgrounds, doing all kinds of things. They have no theme or focus, and at the end of each one I found myself saying, "yeah, so, and then what." They read like like a bunch of guys reminiscing about the old days, telling about the crazy things they did, that only they could find interesting. I kept asking myself "why did the author write this?" And imagining the answer "cause that's the way it happened."
I can't remember when I got this and why it ended up on my bookshelf, but it's not staying there.
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Title: Goats : A Novel by Mark Jude Poirier ISBN: 0786887133 Publisher: Miramax Pub. Date: 20 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Unsung Heroes of American Industry: Stories by Mark Jude Poirier ISBN: 0786868279 Publisher: Miramax Pub. Date: 20 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem ISBN: 0385500696 Publisher: Doubleday Books Pub. Date: 16 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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