The Emperor's Children (CD-Audio)

from lauralkeet

Marina, Danielle, and Julius were classmates at Brown University and are all now approaching 30, and making their way in New York City. Marina is the daughter of Murray Thwaite, a famous journalist. She has been working on her first book for many years, and has never held a "real job." She lives ...

from tmannix

If you like character studies (like Three Junes) then you may enjoy this. The author details the lives of three former Brown classmates as they near 30 in NYC. One is a beautiful, unaccomplished daughter of a well-know intellectual. One is an underemployed, man-about-town gay guy looking for love...

from karieh

It's hard to read, and obviously to write, any book that takes place in the New York of September 2001. Ultimately, no matter what the purported subject matter of the book, the story ends up being about that day, that event. The writer runs the risk of being accused of either including 9/11 to ma...

from BobNolin

Mainstream novel that got tons of airplay on NPR. Very well written, as advertised, and an interesting story. Some of the sentences-written like this with deeply nested clauses, of which there were too godawful many - seemed rather overdone, but they sure did make me concentrate. A mannered style...

from omniavanitas

For all the hype, this was a letdown. In terms of plot, it was a long, predictable setup with very little payoff at the end. The dialog was a big weakness. Each character had the same bizarre speech pattern, with certain jarring words used again and again in casual speech. Perhaps my expectations...