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Rule of the Bone: A Novel (Hardcover)

by Russell Banks (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd; First Edition edition (26 Jun 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0436202492
  • ISBN-13: 978-0436202490
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 984,988 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'An immediate American classic, a Huck Finn for our times ... A wonderful novel, a true story of redemption' Mail on Sunday 'Of the many writers working in the great tradition today, one of the best is Russell Banks ... Intoxicating and unsparing, Rule of the Bone is a romance for a world fast running out of room for childhood' Jonathan Franzen 'A magnificent book ... Russell Banks has created a story that is both shattering and reassuring, and a narrator, Bone, who will stay with me for the rest of my life' Roddy Doyle 'Funny, moving and utterly convincing' Sunday Times --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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`An immediate American classic, a Huck Finn for our times ... A
wonderful novel, a true story of redemption' --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Bone Rules!, 13 Jun 2001
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This review is from: Rule of the Bone (Paperback)
This is a truly uplifting, funny, chilled and well-thought out piece of fiction. It was recommended to me by a friend a couple of years ago, and I took it along with me to a summer festival (which os a great environment in which to read this book by the way). I immediately became totally caught up in the main character's tale of emotional rags-to-riches, his love of simple things (gear, being cool, and chilling out) and is it narrated in one of the most authentic first-person styles I have ever read. Read this book and be uplifted and transported. This should be a cult classic if there is any justice in the world.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Rule of the Bone, 22 Sep 2002
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'Bone' is a character we can all identify with. We all want to be as rebellious and carefree as him, and 'Rule of the Bone' is the easiest way to live it! You are swept along and around the places Bone takes you from trailer trash white America to Montego Bay in the Carribbean. And all this time you love the characters he loves, agree with his every decision even though you know they are inherently wrong and going to get him in a lot of trouble.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A landmark, 10 Aug 2009
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Banks has written a novel of our world, but not the best or most enjoyable part of it. A must read -- also because it is well written, but not much fun on vacation.

John Eichrodt. France.
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