09-08-2019, 04:30 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-29-2019, 03:59 PM by Drunk Monk.)
What? DM reviews a book and not some martial arts thing he had to read for work? Well, in all truth, there's a lot of Kung Fu in this book. I asked for it as a gift just prior to my birthday or Father's Day or xmas or some celebration when you get gifts. It was an impulse request because I really am not in want of many more material things and felt obligated to make some sort of wish list. I had this book recommended to me from multiple sources, friends from many different circles. It sat on my shelf for a few years until I finally got to it.
Great read. Chabon is a master storyteller. It's a mundane tale of some midwives, some owners of a jazz vinyl store soon to be destroyed by a superstore, a blacksploitation has been, and some lost bastard sons. Chabon's flair for description really resonated with me, so many casual references to the Bay Area, Star Trek and of course, Kung Fu. His analogies were pitch perfect, so much so he was just showing off his writing skills sometimes, with one chapter that was one long run on sentence that totally worked. He uses a lot of fragments. So brilliant I may have to read more of him.
Great read. Chabon is a master storyteller. It's a mundane tale of some midwives, some owners of a jazz vinyl store soon to be destroyed by a superstore, a blacksploitation has been, and some lost bastard sons. Chabon's flair for description really resonated with me, so many casual references to the Bay Area, Star Trek and of course, Kung Fu. His analogies were pitch perfect, so much so he was just showing off his writing skills sometimes, with one chapter that was one long run on sentence that totally worked. He uses a lot of fragments. So brilliant I may have to read more of him.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse
