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Annie Proulx
Winner of the Irish Times International Fiction Award and America's National Book Award, this story features Quoyle, a failed journalist, a failed husband and a born loser who heads for a remote corner of Newfoundland with his two daughters and eccentric aunt.
Posted by Avocatore (39 weeks ago ) Bloody brilliant. Mad good. The language used is (sorry Edward) probably the bit I loved the best; it said all that needed to be said.
I also liked that although many of the themes were bleak (death, abuse, broken hearts), the narrative never becomes bogged down or turgid. In fact, I felt pretty un-depressed most of the way through, pulled in by the dark humour and snappy sentences.
Read it. :)
Posted by Edward the Bonobo (1 year ago ) What an incredible rythm the language has. And I swear the British guy has the same record collection as me. (What was it?..."I've made you a tape. Some Zydeco, some Rai, some Yemeni oil drum stuff.")
Posted by sarahmacp (1 year ago ) This started of slowly, strangely and I was convienced I was going to hate it. I am so glad that I persevered because despite everything he doesn't have going for him the central character, Quoyle is so tragic you can't help falling in love with him.
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