Any Day Now : A Novel

from ozzer

I just could not get into this novel. It had little plot development and what was there was very chaotic and increasingly bizarre. There were far too many characters for any reader to keep track of or to ever understand their motivations. Unbelievable coincidences abound. I finished it but it was...

from AlanPoulter

There is a key phrase in this novel which sums it all up - 'dismantling uptopia'. Clay grows up in the early 60s in rural America. Race is an issue but no one goes without. Clay gets a girlfriend and looks set set go to college and get a good job when....something happens. He starts to grow his h...

from montsamu

So. I loved this book, but I'm not sure yet whether I can call it a "great" book or add it to my all-time favorites list; but that's not exactly damning with faint praise or a backhanded compliment. The novel is a joy to read, full of language and time and humanity and mess and poetry and music a...