Your Fathers, Where Are They? and the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?

from UnderMyAppleTree

Thomas, a young man desperate for answers, kidnaps an old acquaintance, a man who now has a successful career as an astronaut, in an attempt to understand what's wrong with the world today. The answers he receives only create more questions and set off a cycle of more kidnappings. Don't be mislea...

from byebyelibrary

Michiko Kakutani in the New York Times called this book a creative writing exercise pretending to be a novel. Just goes to show that even Kakutani cannot get it right every time. This book is absurd but in that area that has you glancing around, asking, "Is it me..." People, like Michiko Kakutani...

from brangwinn

Eggers have more variety in his writing than most authors. A book all done in dialogue, sounds like reading a play. Without the emotional narrative it can be stilting, but Eggers makes the dialogue compelling as he tells the story of a mentally unbalanced man who kidnaps first an astronaut, then ...

from mnorfolk49

Shades. Of. Grey. Everything is shades of grey. Impressive - twists you through so many bias' and assumptions - mental health, policing, murder, cover up, politics; really enjoyed it. Plus first book I have ever read where everything - EVERYTHING - is dialogue. Different and gripping. I did not w...

from tpollack

I would say this book is great, but I feel like I can't. Since the book is written entirely in dialogue, every page is playing devil's advocate for one side or another. The plot itself is well-made, and the book is well-written, but any larger societal point (which it almost seems like Dave is tr...