Raja Shekar Shekar itibaren Kostelec nad Labem, Çek Cumhuriyeti itibaren Kostelec nad Labem, Çek Cumhuriyeti

Bu kitabı yaklaşık 30 yıl önce Oregon, Corvallis'de ilk okuduğumda yaşadığım şoku ve tanınırlığı hatırlıyorum. Onu kitapçı rafından aldım çünkü W.B'yi tanıdım. Başlığın alındığı şiirler. "Gay edebiyatın en önemli eserlerinden biri olan bu akıl almaz, parlak roman, geçmiş şeylerin seriocomic bir anısıdır - ve hâlâ dokunaklı bir şekilde mevcut. New York'un ortaya çıkan eşcinsel sahnesinin ortasında sevgi arayan güzel bir genç olan Malone'un maceralarını tasvir ediyor Manhattan'ın Everard Baths'ından ve mesai saatlerinden sonra Fire Island'ın ıssız parklarına ve cömert orgylerine kadar Malone, anlamlı bir arkadaşlık için yüksek ve alçak görünüyor.Bu kişi, kampüsün özlü bir kraliçesi Sutherland ve en unutulmaz edebi eserlerinden biri. çağdaş kurgu. Komik, esprili ve nihayetinde yürek parçalayan Dansçı Dansçı, kahkaha kadar kahkaha yakın bir sesle anlatılan doğru, kışkırtıcı, çirkin bir kurgudur. " ~ Amazon incelemesi "Emeğin bedeni zevk ruhuna zedelenmediği yerde çiçek açıyor ya da dans ediyor. Ne güzellik kendi umutsuzluğundan doğuyor, ne de gece yarısı yağından blear gözlü bilgelik. Ey kestane ağacı, köklü bir çiçekçi, yaprak, çiçek ya da bole? O beden müziğe sallandı, Ey parlatıcı bakış, Dansçıyı danstan nasıl tanıyabiliriz? " ~ William Butler Yeats, "Okul Çocukları Arasında"

Mükemmel! Bu benim ikinci Michael Connelly kitabım ama ilk Harry Bosch romanım. Bu dizide kesinlikle daha fazlasını okuyacağım. Bir sayfa turner - keskin, bazen komik ve sonuna kadar tahmin etti. İyi bir dedektif hikayesinden hoşlanan herkes için bir zorunluluktur.

I read this book on the "recommendation" of my book-a-day calendar. I found it disturbing on many fronts, but was quickly engaged in the story and eventually found it hard to put down. The beginning of the book takes place in NYC in the 1970s and covers some of the same "scene" that Patti Smith writes about in Just Kids, so it was interesting to read another take on that. However, the bulk of the book is set in rural, coastal Maine. The book has sex, drugs, rock and roll and horror so I would not recommend it to the faint of heart.

Nick and Marta are two of the lucky eighth grade students in Mrs. Starch’s (who just happens to be the most feared teacher in the history of the world!) biology class. Every day they sit in and pass notes back and forth to each other discussing their fear of being called on. The day after their field trip to the Black Vine Swamp though something mysterious happens. Mrs. Starch doesn’t come back, and she is never absent, and people start to wonder. While there might be a scrawled note and a message on her answering machine that states that she has had to deal with a family emergency, people, especially Nick and Marta, aren’t buying it. They are all convinced that Smoke, the kid in Mrs. Starch’s class that she dislikes the most, has something to do with her disappearance. In a whirl wind adventure filled with arson, endangered animals, the Iraq war, the Florida wet lands, a money hungry wannabe oil rigger, and panther poop, Nick and Marta set out to find their missing biology teacher. Carl Hiaasen definitely has a knack for adventure. Every story he creates always some crazy plot that makes you think as well as laugh! In this case Hiaasen poses the problem of destroying the environment for monetary gain and how it affects the ecosystem in a hilarious manner. He also throws in some other great themes to think about: not judging people by their history/the way they look, believing in yourself and never giving up, learning to live with what you’ve got, and working as a team. These themes are so important for younger readers (and sometimes older!) readers to learn and Hiaasen did such a great job incorporating them into the book without blatantly stating them. While this book has more of a middle grade audience, it is great for all ages of readers, although there is a tad bit of language. Overall I think the book was masterfully written and was a worthwhile and entertaining read.