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Treasured prose! Excellent plot!

Revisado: 09-22-17

An amazing writer and one that gets to take a seat along McCullers, O'Connor and Faulkner. Wonderful plot that keeps you reading and great prose.

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Flannery O'Connor on overdrive

Revisado: 08-05-17

This author is a hidden gem and I have discovered lives not far from me. I know the places he writes of and have hunted in those areas. I can see the people he describes, true as life. He is a great rider and should be read. The garbage I read on the best seller's list pales in comparison. The religious undertones and country living I myself grew up with are not fiction. Those simplistic virtues and basic living are rural America. Great intertwining story and theme. Keep writing, love the conversational and stream of thought prose.

Do yourself a favor and read something that is tangible.

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Listen as if you were in a different place and time

Revisado: 04-25-17

This is a tale that is pure in its intent. It captures a time and a place that no longer exists. It is beautifully written and impassioned.

I read the negative reviews of this already renowned and proven classic and marvel at them as I do Monday Morning Quarterbacks and Armchair Generals. Enjoy!

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Don't let some of the negative reviews steer you away; this will be a classic

Revisado: 04-01-17

I really like what the author did with this. The story is woven together well and keeps the average reader in suspense up to the end. It took a lot of work to write this very interesting and clever story. Make sure to read it and see what you think. It's definitely worth the price of admission.

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Genius

Revisado: 03-15-17

I am delighted to have found this novel. I don't use the word genius very often. I don't usually associate it with people that are productive. This work was genius. It was so different than anything I have ever read. I would describe it this way, as a matter of fact. A man that found a distraction from the horrors happening around him.

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The narrator should have been someone that has a west Texas accent

Revisado: 12-10-16

The narrator should have been someone that has a west Texas accent. In this rare case the movie is just as good as the book. I've read the book twice and listen to this once.

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Couldn't wait for it to be over

Revisado: 10-16-16

I was hoping that this was going to be really enjoyable. Just wasn't. Extremely unrealistic as far the plot and I didn't care for the parallel to the Tempest, wasn't the best written. I hate the rap songs that were in some 1950's "Rocko" Mafia accent. I'm survey this will appeal to some (Shakespeare Fanatics) , but not to me. I really like Atwood's prose, but not on display here.

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Is this our future? Prophetic!

Revisado: 10-08-16

This is a highly political book that touch upon current themes in our society and political system even though it was written over 60 years ago. Our Bill of Rights have disintegrated and have been watered down so much over the last 20 years, I can see the printed word become threatened as it is here. It's the next step beyond the making and not making of cakes right? One bill of right being weighed against another for some political short term gain sacrifices the whole. The same happened in this brilliant novel. Banning offensive books and banning the written word all together would seem a natural progression in the dumbing down of the populace as this novel points to. The thesis: books and writers and teachers of literature are dangerous--too many controversies with too many ideas from too much diversity created a restless population. However I got the feeling from the novel that there was a government push for inclusion that really just became a vehicle for exclusion. Eventually, all the populace shifted to the brain fodder of TV entertainment and no one critically thought anymore, except for that dangerous few and their books were burned by a new breed of firemen and sometimes they were burned their owners up as well.

Great prose in this novel. Thought provoking! I recommend it, especially for millennials.

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Genius!

Revisado: 02-17-16

Intensely deep. One of the best I've read.

Great narration. Pay less for this book with great narration!

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Transports you back to the Cold War

Revisado: 07-02-15

Riveting novel. Makes you want to go out and buy Mylar bags and store beans, water and ammo. For being published in '59, it crosses all generations. Great read...couldn't put it down.

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