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You & Me: A Novel (2012)

by Padgett Powell(Favorite Author)

3.54 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

006212613X (ISBN13: 9780062126139)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Ecco

review 1: To say this novel is an unconventional one does not quite capture it's essence. In fact, the same may be said about the notion that this work is a novel at all. This book is comprised of seemingly random though often esoteric dialog between two characters. These men remain unnamed, yet as the work progresses we begin to know them through this dialog. There is no real plot, there is no real action. And yet, Powell captivates the reader. If you are one who dog-ears pages for their particular insight or humor, you will likely dog-ear most of these pages. This book is wholely an enjoyable endeavor...though having finished it, I'm not certain what it is about.
review 2: Has its moments. Short dialogues that pretty much center around a questionable nostalgia, but the... morere are some really witty moments, and one or two meaningful ones, and a couple strange bubbles of near-racism (? if such a thing exists) that I can't quite figure out (I'm gonna give Powell's dudes the benefit of the doubt and say that in the course of verbose nonsense some things may be carelessly said that should be given their proper weight: none). less

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