![]() Bruno Littlemore just got better and better, carrying the reader to a symphonic conclusion.īut along the way, Hale takes on sitcoms, But, let's be honest: he didn't always know how to end them. ![]() Saramago rode great ideas to a Nobel (although he must have run out about the time he wrote The Double, stealing it from Dostoevsky and just removing the quotation marks and punctuation). (And yes, I'm talking about you, Kevin Brockmeier). So often, though, the author can't sustain it. I've read many books based on great ideas. Now, restart with a great idea: a chimpanzee who learns to speak, who evolves in starts and fits into Man. No, to start: That is the greatest cover for a book, ever. ![]() Hale, a literary Incubus, seduces with timelessly crafted sentences on every page. What a debut! He knows his Shakespeare and has captured his rhythm. Benjamin Hale is scary smart and as good a writer as it is legal to be. ![]()
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