I haven't read a great deal of Doolittle's stuff, but I have read CLEANUP
and SAFER, and enjoyed them both...and I keep meaning to pick up RAIN DOGS,
about which I've heard some good things.
Ron C.
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> Subject: RARA-AVIS: Sean Doolittle's THE CLEANUP
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> After several recommendations from folks on this list (thanks!), I chose
THE
> CLEANUP for my book group and we had our confab last night. It generated
one of
> our better discussions, because though we all loved it, we did have some
thoughts
> about how we might have done something differently here or there, none of
which
> is all that important, it's what book groups do. I just want to recommend
this book
> as highly as I can. I know that, since Sean is from Omaha, he gets
pigeon-holed as
> the laconic Midwesterner, and he can be incredibly deadpan. But the prose
in this
> book is so deceptively simple and straightforward it's almost like
watching someone
> cut glass. His focus is so precise and careful. He removes himself so
completely,
> so that his characters and the story can step forward. And the characters
are just
> beautifully imagined and deftly drawn (with one exception, we thought, but
not to
> any degree that ruined our love of the book). And it's funny. As in very.
But not to
> where he plays anything strictly for laughs. Again, the humor just arises
naturally
> from the story and characters, you buy in completely. A really fun and
engaging
> read.
>
> Seriously, if you haven't checked Sean Doolittle out yet, I'd say give
this a shot.
>
> David Corbett
> www.davidcorbett.com
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