The Street Sweeper

from greggchadwick

Elliot Perlman's "The Street Sweeper" is a novel of big themes and big ideas. The Civil Rights Movement in the United States and the Holocaust are powerfully woven together in Perlman's grand novel through stories found and lost. Synchronicity guides the action and we too suffer, learn, and seek ...

from zmagic69

The Street Sweeper, A book by Elliot Perlman, should be required reading in every high school in America. Historical fiction is a great way to learn history without it being just a bunch of facts or being boring. This book delivers a thorough examination on the brutalities that man is capable of ...

from lesleynicol

This book ticks all the boxes on my list. I couldn't stop reading, and read it in days. I "cared" about the characters. I'm still thinking about it and i'm sure it will remain in my memory for a long time. A great book from a wonderful Australian writer.

from woodsathome

I don't know that I can adequately express how much I enjoyed this book. The writing is nothing less than exquisite. Perlman is able to put such heightened tension into ordinary events (a bus ride to work) that the reader is instantly transported into the characters reality. What seems a simple s...

from dleona

With a Dickensian structure and a Dreiserian attention to character development, The Street Sweeper is a profound study of both historical horrors and personal terrors. The interwoven personal journeys of Adam Zignelik and Lamont Williams were expertly handled, leaving the reader wishing to know ...