Books by Willy Vlautin
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review 1: One of the most beautiful, if depressing, books I've ever read. However, the author's constant use of "alright" (rather than the more correct "all right") made me a bit crazed and took away from my enjoyment of the book. I realize that "alright" is gaining acceptance, but I'm jus...
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review 1: The third of Willy Vlautin's four rock-solid novels, Lean on Pete gives us another yarn full of hunger and tremendous struggle in a cruel, hard-scrabble world. His characters are rich and deep, full of contradictions, and the places these people live and breath are wrought with c...
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review 1: Vlautin obviously knows his Carver, but there is enough of his own unique voice to make Lean On Pete stand out. Simple, clean prose with great depth. Not everything works--a few cliches work their way in, and a few of the scenes resolve far too tidily for this type of story. But ...