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Title: Delano by John Orozco ISBN: 0-9664816-1-5 Publisher: Parnassus Pub. Date: 1999 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.62 (26 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A First Rate Satire
Comment: I found this book recommended on several sites I visited and couldn't help but wonder what it was about. I perused through the reader reviews and most of them raved about the book. I had never heard of the author or the publisher and wondered if it lived up to the readers' claims. It did, and I was not disappointed.
Delano's tone is down to earth. Fast and easy to read, the story is told from a familiar first person point of view. There is something funny on almost every page.
Eddie Delano begins his escapade admitting that he is dishonest and cowardly. But the story does not end there. His quest, whether he is aware of it or not, is universal. He seeks self-discovery. His encounter with Winston, a graduate student of questionable moral standing, and Sam, a loveable, hippie, creates the moral tension that sustains the plot. Will Eddie understand the differences between right and wrong, and which will he chose? Every chapter kept me wondering how Delano was going to get out of the mess in which he had put himself. And every solution surprised me.
I highly recommend this book. I'm giving this book a 5 star review. It's a terrific first novel, and I hope there are more to come.
Rating: 4
Summary: "Who are you, really?"
Comment: I have read this several times, and still enjoy it. From the opening line through the end, I laughed and cried.
The novel is a farce, set against the backdrop of college in the 1970's on the GI bill--but as with most farces, it has a serious point. The lead character, Eddie Delano, discovers that almost everyone he meets hides a true identity behind a facade.
Since Delano has gone around my circle of friends, we often refer to people and events from the book as if they were real. I sometimes describe acquaintances as 'a little like Sam' or having 'Alice's taste in health food!' This book prompted me to ask myself, 'How many of us went through that era pretending to be someone different than who we really were?' Yet I find that younger friends (who didn't 'survive' the 60's and 70's) recognize that in the book even sooner.
I give Delano thumbs up for the kind of love of human beings, with all our quirks and hangups, that you find in authors from a previous age.
Rating: 4
Summary: A light-hearted satire for post-modern Guys
Comment: I say Guys with a capital G because this is written for us, and not for women. Sometimes I share a book with my wife, but not this one...not that it's X-rated, but it revels in Delano's pursuit of women. It is also NOT a very political book, in spite of some of the other reviews here. Instead, the focus is on the cynical and often funny way Delano exploits affirmative action programs, runs into or avoids zealots from both the left and the right, and generally learns to manipulate the system for personal gain.
This was a fun read for me. I realized right away it would not be heavy, and it had minimal personal or intellectual insight. But that was OK. I think Orozco is saying indirectly, we all take these things way too seriously, let's pursue some happiness in life.
And the best thing about Delano is that he DOES learn some lessons along the way, about honesty, love, and devotion. I won't give away any surprises, but the plot spirals into a situation where he finally has to make some choices, and thanks to making the right friends, he makes the right choices. That, and no political theme or social statement, is the greatest reward of reading Delano.
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Title: Duncan Delaney and the Cadillac of Doom by A. L. Haskett ISBN: 096788330X Publisher: Jonlin Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: No One's Even Bleeding by Lenny Castellaneta ISBN: 1591291275 Publisher: Publishamerica Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Just a Couple of Days by Tony Vigorito ISBN: 0970141947 Publisher: Bast Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Lamb : The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore ISBN: 0380813815 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 04 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Televisionary Oracle by Rob Brezsny ISBN: 1583940006 Publisher: North Atlantic Books Pub. Date: 15 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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