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A carregar... Leading the Cheerspor Justin Cartwright
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. The well-written story of Dan Silas, who returns from his home in London to Hollybush High for his (25th?) high school reunion. The quiet, small-town of Hollybush is changed, but many of his former schoolmates still live there. He learns that he fathered a child there (or did he?), who was murdered as a college student in Ann Arbor. His old friend Gary is in and out of an asylum, convinced that he is Pale Eagle, a companion of Tecumseh, killed at the Battle of Detroit. Dan finds himself drawn into the possibly delusional worlds of Gloria and Gary, and struggles with the differences between his memory of events and those of his old friends, and the changes in his life back in London. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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Dan Silas returns to America for his high school reunion where he makes some unexpected discoveries. His former girlfriend tells him that her daughter was his child and Dan's oldest friend has suffered a breakdown and now believes himself to be the reincarnation of an Indian chief. In an attempt to make sense of these disturbing facts, Dan digs further into their lives, with both tragic and comic results. LEADING THE CHEERS is a rich portrayal of small-town life with wonderfully evoked characters and Justin Cartwright's beautifully observed writing. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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He gradually recognises that his own recollections might not be as pellucid as he had imagined, and encounters with former schoolfriends cause him to reassess his teenage years. He also faces a series of shocks at the varied fates of his friends with whom, despite yearbook promises to the contrary, he had completely lost touch. Foremost among these is Gary, now living in an asylum where he is convinced that he is actually Tecumseh, an orphan brought up by native American tribesmen.
As always, Cartwright writes with great clarity, even when tackling uncomfortable subject matter. This didn't have the immediacy of "Other people's Money" or "To Heaven by Water", but it still gripped the reader's imagination, and admirably repaid their attention. ( )