Checker and the derailleurs

R$ 115,90

Sinopse

Shriver's second novel, about a teenage rock band in Astoria, New York, is at its best funny, clever, and touching. She uses a few interesting narrative techniques and peppers dialogue and exposition with quotations from and references to middle-of-the-road rock. Her own lyrics are terrific: "Turn a profit on all that ennui." But Checker Secretti, meant to embody mainstream rock, also represents the book's shortcomings. Although the reader is encouraged to see him as a fascinating enigma, Secretti no longer seems complex after some of his secrets are revealed. In an epilogue the rockers are older and "will learn about satisfaction," but this would entail betraying the message of rock and roll. Still, recommended.Ethan Bumas, formerly of the New Sch. for Social Research, New York

Participantes

Autor: Lionel Shriver

Autor

LIONEL SHRIVER

Lionel Shriver nasceu Margaret Ann Shriver (1957, Carolina do Norte, Estados Unidos) e aos 15 anos mudou de nome. Formada e pós-graduada pela Universidade de Columbia e pelo Barnard College, nos Estados Unidos, viveu em Nairóbi (Quênia), Bangkok (Tailândia) e Belfast (Irlanda). Precisamos falar sobre o Kevin, seu oitavo romance, foi recusado por agentes literários e mais de 30 editoras, mas em 2005 ganhou o prêmio Orange, na Grã-Bretanha. Publicou ainda The female of the species, Checker and the Derailleurs, Ordinary decent criminals, Game control, A perfectly good family e O mundo pós-aniversário. Seu mais recente livro, So much for that, foi lançado em março deste ano. Vive em Londres e contribui para os jornais The Guardian, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times e para o semanário Economist.

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