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Yurasek/Gilloon @ 2011-05-03

A Visit from the Goon Squad

$14.95
Although I got caught up in some of the individual stories ( loved Safari in Best Short Stories of 2010), I just cannot understand why this was chosen to merits the recognition it is receiving. The form is not an innovation. It has been used before and, I believe, better executed in "Cloud Atlas" by Mitchell and "Let the Great World Spin" by McCann. The latter book is one of "redemption and beauty" as described by
Frank McCourt.

The characters here are lost souls, unredeemed and frequently ugly, but I guess that was the point.
This book left me cold and empty.


Very difficult to read on a Kindle due to the PowerPoint slides.