John Dufresne
Autor(a) de Naked Came the Manatee
About the Author
His novels Louisiana Power & Light & Love Warps the Mind a Little were New York Time Notable books of the Year. He lives in Dania, Florida. (Bowker Author Biography)
Image credit: Photo by J. Tomas Lopez
Séries
Obras por John Dufresne
Well Enough Alone 3 exemplares
The Freezer Jesus [short fiction] 2 exemplares
Where Are You Dying Tonight? 1 exemplar
Fluellen (Hungry Midnight) (Hungry Midnight) 1 exemplar
Love Like Ours 1 exemplar
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Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1948-01-30
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Locais de residência
- Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
- Educação
- Worcester State College
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 25
- Also by
- 9
- Membros
- 2,129
- Popularidade
- #12,093
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Críticas
- 64
- ISBN
- 61
- Marcado como favorito
- 5
It was written by a creative writing professor in Florida, with short chapters, so you can catch a quick read here and there. That's about the only good thing about this book. The subject itself was rather boring. It gets a 2 star because there's not a lot going on. This book heads back to my local Goodwill.
The setting is suppose to be Monroe, Louisiana, but you never get that feel. No accents, no southern scenaries, no nothing. The story centers around one main character, Billy Wayne Fontana, who followed his heart for love and left the priesthood before he was actually certified. He was searching for meaning and purpose in his life, but he never felt "fulfilled", which we all may experience in life from time-to-time, especially when we turn our back on God. Unfortunately, I never did develop feelings for any of the characters. This read brought no emotions out what-so-ever! No action really until the very last couple of short chapters where the last 3 Fontana men died.
But, of course, there's another Fontana in the near future because of his lusty feelings. The town people would still believe in the Fontana curse. God fearing people would believe it was all the bad decisions Billy Wayne made by following after lust instead of his heart. The scientists believe a genetic defect in their genes. Then there are those that believe the Fontanas were deposited there in Monroe, Louisiana by space aliens from Venus.
Unfortunately, the book doesn't really go into the Fontana's ancestral history. He just drops a few lines here and there in random odd spots in the story. So you don't even get a real good feeling or any ideas about Billy Wayne's earlier ancestry...just surface stuff....to even know why their is a cyrse on the Fontana name.… (mais)