![]() ![]() ![]() He traveled in eclectic circles, hobnobbing with authors, critics, business tycoons, philanthropists, Hollywood and theatrical celebrities, royalty, and members of high society, both in the U.S. He professed to have had numerous liaisons with men thought to be heterosexual, including, he claimed, Errol Flynn. He often claimed to intimately know people he had in fact never met, such as Greta Garbo. ![]() One of his first serious lovers was Smith College literature professor Newton Arvin, who won the National Book Award for his Herman Melville biography.Ĭapote was well known for his distinctive, high-pitched voice and odd vocal mannerisms, his offbeat manner of dress and his fabrications. Capote was 5 feet 3 inches tall (1 metre and 62 centimeters) and openly homosexual in a time when it was socially acceptable among artists, but rarely talked about. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The story alternates between his letters in 2021 and one day a year later. ![]() ![]() OnLines: Albert is the deceased transgender man who Amos finds and makes his one-sided pen pal. There’s so much packed into this moment of Amos finding comfort in something as unexpected as writing a “letter” to a deceased Civil War soldier. Belonging and community are major elements of this story. In this small moment, we also get to see Amos’s humor and heart. First and foremost, it sets up questions in the reader’s mind: “Who is this Albert guy? How did he die? Who is this kid, and why the heck is he writing letters to dead people?” There’s a certain shock factor that, I hope, draws the reader in and makes them hungry for the answers to those questions. Michael Leali: There’s so much I love about this opening line. Writing letters to dead people isn’t something I usually do, but this feels weirdly . . . ![]() ![]() ![]() (.) There may be several good novels buried somewhere in The Sentence, but all of them are still struggling to get out." - Jon Day, Financial Times (.) The biggest problem with The Sentence is that it’s a ghost story that is not in the least bit scary. I don’t think I’ve ever read a novel which mentions so many living writers (all approvingly). (.) There’s a great deal of literary name-checking too. (.) What I found more annoying was the reverential and slightly puritanical defence of literature and bookshops which runs throughout the novel. But it also shows just how difficult it is for art to respond to the world in real time. "Its shortcomings are mainly the result of its scattergun lack of focus - you feel it simply doesn’t know what kind of a book it wants to be.Erdrich's fictional account of Tookie's pandemic experience, as singular and as universal as anyone's, resonates with strange and familiar detail (.) but doesn't blend consistently with her tale of the phantom Flora." - Mary Sollosi, Entertainment Weekly ![]() "Tookie's voice is genuine and humorous, her perspective rich with history, literacy, and quietly simmering fury.General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the authorī : enjoyable bookish novel of our recent times Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs. ![]() |