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Title: The Holy by Daniel Quinn ISBN: 1-893956-30-X Publisher: Context Books Pub. Date: October, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.14 (42 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: All action, no preaching
Comment: Having read and loved some of Quinn's better known work, specifically ISHMAEL, I was pleasantly surprised when I cracked THE HOLY. His message is as strong as ever-humans are still ruining the planet with their selfish notions of entitlement-but Quinn's approach is more subtle than the Socratic conversations of ISHMAEL or MY ISHMAEL. This book is part road novel, part detective novel, and a convincing metaphysical thriller throughout, but it doesn't fall in to the trap of new age hooey that might have convenienced a less skillful writer. Quinn keeps things fresh, strange, beautiful, and cynical enough to keep the most hardened skeptic on board. It's fun, fast reading, and you might actually learn something along the way.
Rating: 5
Summary: Profound and entertaining...irresistable.
Comment: Fans of Daniel Quinn's work won't have to be convinced to read The Holy. We've been waiting impatiently for its release. To entice new readers, I could list other, better-known authors by way of comparison, but other reviewers have done so. I predict that after The Holy, Quinn will be one of those better-known authors about whom comparisons are made.
The story is a chain of unexpected, entertaining, chilling events, leading to a conclusion that leaves some room for speculation, but not too much. That in itself makes the book worth reading. The tersely worded gems of "pure Quinn," scattered throughout are what make The Holy more than just another well-written novel.
Rating: 3
Summary: Falls short of expectations
Comment: I've been a big Daniel Quinn fan since reading "Ishmael." But this novel was a disappointment. The first time I attempted to finish it, I stopped about three quarters of the way through because it just got too strange. I started again with an open mind, and finished it, but was not pleased with the book as a whole. Quinn is an excellent writer, but I felt with this book, he was trying too hard to make a simple point. He takes us through an extraordinary journey, which is far from believable, and by the time he gets to his point, I was too perplexed to care. If you practice a religion, such as Wicca, anamism, or Satanism, that Christians would scoff at, perhaps this would be a refreshing read because of its defense of such religions. Otherwise, it's not really worth your time.
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Title: The Man Who Grew Young by Daniel Quinn, Tim Eldred ISBN: 1893956172 Publisher: Context Books Pub. Date: 15 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Beyond Civilization : Humanity's Next Great Adventure by Daniel Quinn ISBN: 0609805363 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 07 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Story of B by DANIEL QUINN ISBN: 0553379011 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 03 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Providence by Daniel Quinn ISBN: 0553375490 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 May, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit by Daniel Quinn ISBN: 0553375407 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 May, 1995 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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