Rule of the Bone
by:
Russell Banks (author)
In the tradition Huckleberry Finn and The Catcherin the Rye, Russell Banks’s quintessential novel of adisaffected homeless youth living on the edge of society “redefines theyoung modern anti-hero. . . . Rule of the Bone has its own culture andlanguage, and Bone is sure to become a beloved...
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In the tradition Huckleberry Finn and The Catcherin the Rye, Russell Banks’s quintessential novel of adisaffected homeless youth living on the edge of society “redefines theyoung modern anti-hero. . . . Rule of the Bone has its own culture andlanguage, and Bone is sure to become a beloved character for generations” (SanFrancisco Chronicle). Witha compelling, off-beat protagonist evocative of Holden Caulfield and QuentinColdwater, and a narrative voice that masterfully and naturally captures thenuances of a modern vernacular, Banks’s haunting and powerful novel is anindisputable—and unforgettable—modern classic.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060927240 (0060927240)
Publish date: March 27th 1996
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Adult Fiction,
American,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Coming Of Age,
Contemporary
I found pages of pure genius in this novel. So much better than 'Catcher in the Rye' that I would recommend choosing this work over the earlier one if reading time is scarce. My only complaint is the writing in dialect that gets tiresome over time and serves to confuse more than enhance. I found ...
Enjoyable but didn't really resonate with me. It's not a novel that will stay with me or that I will remember to recommend but it provided several nights of good reading so there's that.
I enjoyed this, but it isn't nearly as good as Continental Drift or Cloudsplitter. I was disappointed about the Oedipal-woman as sex object scene that went down near the end, that's for sure.
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