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• No. 3: Joshua Ferris' "The Unnamed"

  He came into the room and pulled the chair close and sat down next to her. "I saw a dog in a purse. I saw bread being delivered, loaves of bread in paper sacks, dropped off in front of an Italian restaurant. Later in the morning I saw a body builder ... (read full critics)

  salon published on Thu, 17 Feb 2011

• No. 3: Joshua Ferris' "The Unnamed"

  He came into the room and pulled the chair close and sat down next to her. "I saw a dog in a purse. I saw bread being delivered, loaves of bread in paper sacks, dropped off in front of an Italian restaurant. Later in the morning I saw a body builder ... (read full critics)

  salon published on Mon, 14 Feb 2011

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  Got to go. Again and again.

  Tim is a happy man. Married, child, successful attorney. And then it hits again. A mysterious illness that makes him walk. Immediately and far in a kind of daze until he falls asleep, calls home and his wife picks him up. This mysterioius illness is the one thing that Tim can't control. He refuses t ... (continue)

  Tim is a happy man. Married, child, successful attorney. And then it hits again. A mysterious illness that makes him walk. Immediately and far in a kind of daze until he falls asleep, calls home and his wife picks him up. This mysterioius illness is the one thing that Tim can't control. He refuses to believe the cause is psychological and the doctors can't figure it out. Just when he thinks he has it licked and life can be normal again, tt comes back and Tim has to disappear. Sometimes not at very opportune moments (like trial prep?). The story is compelling, the characters likeable but the author can't quite decide what kind of story this is and how to take it to the end. A story about a family and life's curve balls? A mystery about a murder (Tim is a criminal lawyer)? Life on the road? It is a shame that Ferris couldn't quite decide where to go with this but definitely worth the read. Characters stick to you.

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• English Books
• Others 313 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0316078174
• ISBN-13: 9780316078177
• Publisher: Reagan Arthur Books
• Pub date: Jan 14, 2010
• Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD and eBook
• In other languages: other languages Libri Italiani

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