Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Review: Linger Awhile
In a rare opportunity (provided by a trans-Atlantic flight), I actually read a brand new book -- Russell Hoban's Linger Awhile. I love Hoban's novel Riddley Walker, which I found an excuse to teach again this semester, so I was looking forward to reading this new one. It has a fun premise, smashing together Frankenstein, Dracula, DNA, cloning and classic Westerns. It's a bit slight, but entertaining -- if a little too flavored by an old man's sexual nostalgia (Hoban's 82 now). There's a lot sly word play, and you'll never look at frogs the same way again. While it's not up to his best, it is definitely fun and kept me entertained, sometimes laughing out loud.
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Can I borrow LA? I never did finish Riddley, but I will once you're done with it this semester. Or should I wait and read RW first?
Or should I go mad? Perhaps I should...
So -- have you finished it yet? How'd you like that "suspension of disbelief"? Hee hee --
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