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Music for Torching - A.M. Homes
Music for Torching
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As A.M. Homes's incendiary novel unfolds, the Kodacolor hues of the good life become nearly hallucinogenic. Laying bare th foundations of a marriage, flash frozen in the anxious entropy of a suburban subdivision, Paul and Elaine spin the quit terors of family life into a fantastical frenzy that... show more
As A.M. Homes's incendiary novel unfolds, the Kodacolor hues of the good life become nearly hallucinogenic. Laying bare th foundations of a marriage, flash frozen in the anxious entropy of a suburban subdivision, Paul and Elaine spin the quit terors of family life into a fantastical frenzy that careens out of control. From a strange and hilarious encounter with a Stepford Wife neighbor to an ill-conceived plan for a tattoo, to a sexy cop who shows up at all the wrong moments, to a housecleaning team in space suits, a mistress calling on a cell phone, and a hostage situationat a school, A.M. Homes creates characters so outrageously flawed and deeply human that thery are entriely believable.Author Biography: A.M. Homes is the author of the novels The End of Alice, In a Country of Mothers, and Jack, as well as the short-story collection The Safety of Objects and the artist's book Appendix A. Her fiction has been translated into eight languages, and she is the recipient of numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and a National endowment for the Arts Fellowship. Her fiction and nonfiction appear in magazines such as The New Yorker and Artforum, among others, and she is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, Mirabella, Bomb, Blind Spot, and Story. She teaches in the writing programs at Columbia University and The New School and lives in New York City.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780688177621 (068817762X)
ASIN: B0046LUKTA
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
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Infinite Joe
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4.0 Music for Torching
3.5 stars.Of the recent books I've read involving suburban dysfunction, I like this one better than We Don't Live Here Anymore (3 stars), but not better than Updike's Rabbit books (4 stars), or Model Home (5 stars).The writing was good, the book flowed, the characters were believable most of the tim...
Books etc.
Books etc. rated it
Wow, I started then couldn't stop until it's finished. Music for torching indeed… I was glued to it reading each thing explode like watching a chain reaction. The only thing that bothered me a bit is the ending. It felt like a ruse used as an excuse not to tie loose ends properly. I wonder why so ma...
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