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Carregando... On the Yankee Station (1981)de William Boyd
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. I’m not normally a fan of short story collections but an exception can always be made for the excellent writing of William Boyd. This is a good deal more conventional and accessible than the later collection ‘Fascination’ and I enjoyed it a lot more. Largely about sex (or a quest for it), the stories have a beginning, middle and an end, and are easy to understand. In some cases too easy – I was sure I must be missing something profound. I am constantly amazed by the breadth of this author’s range – from a washed up Hollywood child star to a bumptious RAF pilot to a girl working in the circus, he gets inside all their heads. Impressive stuff. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
Wiliam Boyd, winner of the Whitbread and Somerset Maugham Awards, introduces unlikely heroes desperate to redeem their unsatisfying lives. From California poolsides to the battlegrounds of Vietnam, here is a world populated by weary souls who turn to fantasy as their sole escape from life's inequities. Stranded in an African hotel during a coup, an oafish Englishman impresses a young stewardess with stories of an enchanted life completely at odds with his sordid existence in "The Coup." In the title story, an arrogant, sadistic American pilot in Vietnam underestimaets the power of revenge when he relentlessly persecutes a member of his maintenance crew. With droll humor and rare compassion, Boyd's enthralling stories remind us of his stature as one of contemporary fiction's finest storytellers. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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I think my favourite piece here is “Gifts”, in which an ingenuous undergrad relies on the kindness of strangers in the South of France. There’s something very calming about this strange tale, an absence of antagonism maybe, something zenlike almost, and it’s funny too. I was also quite taken with the antiheroic Morgan Leafy, who appears twice in this collection, and want to read “A Good Man in Africa” now for more Leafiness. The title story comes in for a lot of praise but for me it was the only real misfire, a predictable revenge yarn whose military dialogue is unconvincing (“get outa here an’ don’t come back or I’m gonna dump a giant shit on you, boy!”) But this book has something for most people. I thought it was a lot of fun. ( )