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Un sport et un passe-temps - James Salter, Philippe Garnier
Un sport et un passe-temps
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN: 9782757811016 (2757811010)
Publisher: Points
Pages no: 257
Edition language: French
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target acquired
target acquired rated it
0.0
my friend Chuck calls that "sport fucking". oh, Chuck. where have you and your crooked teeth been lately? I haven't seen you for so long. you're probably married by now.
Randolph "Dilda" Carter
Randolph "Dilda" Carter rated it
4.0 A Sport and a Pastime (Modern Library)
A bittersweet novel that at first seemed to deal mostly with the (unreliable) narrator's fantasies about fornication and sodomy in France but which ended up grabbing me with its surprisingly gentle and melancholy story. Without being too gender predjudiced I would say this is primarily a "male" nov...
alienintheheights
alienintheheights rated it
Short, choppy sentences which at first seemed interesting, eventually grew tiresome. Plus more racist language. What is it with these white literary types? Sick of all the n-bombs. I gave up after 50 pages.
Nicole Reads
Nicole Reads rated it
1.0 A Sport and a Pastime: A Novel
Um... wow. That was all kinds of bad. Disjointed narration mixed with a non-existent plot combined with bland characters. The trifecta of a sucky ass novel. There's nothing I liked about this book. Perhaps a line or two. Half the time I wasn't even sure of what I was reading. Then I realize that t...
coffee & ink
coffee & ink rated it
3.0 A Sport and a Pastime: A Novel
A writer staying in the French countryside nurses a fruitless crush or two and envies and imagines the affair being carried on by another American acquaintance. This displays many of the prejudices of the time (towards women, towards black GIs and jazz singers), and the conceit takes a while to get...
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