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A good book that brought back lots of memorys.
I thought this was a very good read. What was most interesting to me was the town of Butler, Pa. where I lived and was a businessman for eighteen years. Stewart was right on with the names of places he talked about; like Susans Motel with the waterbeds. Many an adultrous meetings were held there by people I new. Natili's, where I spent some time having a few cocktails with my drinking buddys and the Burger Hut where we would end up after a night of drinking for something to eat. I knew the owners of these establishments very well. I also was an owner of one of the establishments mentioned in this novel. I was managing partner of the Rusty Nail from 1973-1980. Butler is a town that has a lot to say and could fill many books, both fiction and non fiction. For a mill town, this was one great party place, especially in the 1970's and the 1980's. This town has some wonderfully interesting characters.
I thought this was a very good read. What was most interesting to me was the town of Butler, Pa. where I lived and was a businessman for eighteen years. Stewart was right on with the names of places he talked about; like Susans Motel with the waterbeds. Many an adultrous meetings were held there by people I new. Natili's, where I spent some time having a few cocktails with my drinking buddys and the Burger Hut where we would end up after a night of drinking for something to eat. I knew the owners of these establishments very well. I also was an owner of one of the establishments mentioned in this novel. I was managing partner of the Rusty Nail from 1973-1980. Butler is a town that has a lot to say and could fill many books, both fiction and non fiction. For a mill town, this was one great party place, especially in the 1970's and the 1980's. This town has some wonderfully interesting characters.
Mr. O'nan did a wonderful job of depicting this town. His book fits this town to a tee. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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I found the book on a table at a university library. The title interested me and I read the first couple of pages. I was hooked. At first, I was amused by the interests and high school life of the protagonist, Arthur Parkinson. I thought,"Hey, just like my high school." Then I began to appreciate the layering that experiences and events had on the individual character's perspective. I also like the meandering fashion the story had. Events take place linear, concurrently, overlapping and intersecting at the most interesting places, just as life happens. Take any small town tragedy and you'll find more twists and turns than you would have ever imagined. Mr. O'Nan's story took on the complexity of this situation and grounded it in Arthur, a character many people will identify with.
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the characters and surrounding areas of this book most definetely kept me going. I found this a page turner, well written and was happy to find a new author whom I could enjoy.
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..or are all the 1 Star reviewers of this book confusing it with some other title? Yes, there are comparisons with Carver and, yes, given the period setting and events that unfold, you could make a (lazy) comparison to Rick Moody's first novel, but does that reduce it as a work in its own right? I thought for a first novel it was an assured and confident piece of writing, with a sustained mood and empathy to all the characters sustained throughout. O'Nan handles his cast with a steady hand and whilst they remain true to their natures throughout, he allows for the sudden incidences of life to ring true by not adhering to any 'three act' concepts. It's easy to imagine the events of this novel occurring in real life, along with the responses of those who survive. It's honest. It's real. The writer is prepared to face head on the sadness and despair in our lives, and fashion something powerful from that.I've read a LOT of books and I know bad writing when I see it - and this is not it. You want 'happy' books, look elsewhere...you want some truth, this is your man.
I also recommend his more recent novel 'The Night Country'
I also recommend his more recent novel 'The Night Country'
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recipe for disaster
take one wet firecracker ending wrapped in a raymond carver impersonation with a dose of rick moody's "ice storm" thrown in. puree, flambee, mince, serve. Read more
Published on 20 April 1999
I didn't like Snow Angels very much.
Reading Snow Angels I felt like grabbing on an old and insipid piece of chewing gum that sticks to the underside of a desk, asking myself what might have been its former taste! Read more
Published on 1 Oct 1998
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