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Finding
Caruso
by Kim Barnes
Book #226 - Price US$
5.50
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Hardcover book is in new condition, unread, dust
jacket in like new condition. Dust jacket shows no signs of wear on top and
bottom of spine edges. Inside of book pages are crisp and clean. Price stamp
from bookstore on front of dust jacket. No pictures inside of book. 2003
edition. Book is 302 pages long. Approx. 8 ½ by 5 ½. Additional pictures of
condition are always available.
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
The arrival of an older femme fatale in a hardscrabble
Idaho town drives a wedge between two young brothers in Barnes's fiction
debut, a solid, evocative effort that suffers from some muddled plotting but
succeeds because of the author's poignant writing about first love. The
story begins in Oklahoma in 1957 with the death of the parents of Buddy and
Lee Hope in a car accident. After the funeral, the two boys move so that
25-year-old Lee can look for work to support his 17-year-old brother. Their
journey takes them to Snake Junction and the logging camps of Idaho, where
Lee, a talented singer, catches on with a band and wows the locals,
eventually attracting the attention of an L.A. club owner. Buddy, meanwhile,
is smitten when gorgeous Irene Sullivan arrives in town and astoundingly
chooses him over handsome, charismatic Lee. But Buddy is overwhelmed by
Irene's sophistication, and soon his love turns into jealous obsession.
Sullivan, meanwhile, is involved in an effort to help a local Native
American boy named Wolfchild who is accused of murder. The three principals
in the romantic triangle are well drawn, and Barnes gets plenty of mileage
from her unusual backdrop. But problems pop up in the subplot involving
Wolfchild, particularly in an unlikely series of scenes in which Buddy
encounters Wolfchild after hearing rumors that the boy was involved with
Irene. Barnes's rich, multilayered prose makes this an engaging read, and
the affair between Irene and Buddy is well rendered despite the flawed
storytelling down the stretch.
Celebrated for her stories, poetry, and memoirs-especially In the
Wilderness, a Pulitzer contender-Barnes tries her hand at full-length
fiction. Two brothers fleeing 1950s Oklahoma after their parents' death wind
up in a honky-tonk town on the edge of nowhere, where the teenaged Buddy
soon becomes the prey of an older woman. A big tour, promises the publicist.
A photo gallery of pictures from this book is shown below
as well as a description of the pictures. Any questions please
email me
aldergrove@ppowner.com
   
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