Exploring what carnal love can do for us and what it cannot, this novel is a major statement about the growing pains of a generation, from one of today's most talented young novelists.
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Exploring what carnal love can do for us and what it cannot, this novel is a major statement about the growing pains of a generation, from one of today's most talented young novelists.
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Near fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed 'For Chris-thanks for being here and thanks for asking' by the author on the title page. 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Dust jacket is fine. Book has softening to the base of the spine. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 189 p. Audience: General/trade. A novel by the author of 'Looking for Mo' and 'Caught Inside'. Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
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I keep waiting for Daniel Duane to write something brilliant. A climber and surfer with a narrative gift and a talent for language, Mr. Duane seemed poised to become the de facto literary spokesman for Generation Y. In this second novel (or third depending on your count), however, Mr. Duane takes a major step backwards.
The characters in ?A Mouth? are all of a type?vegan, politically correct, trust-funded grad students who seem motivated only by self-diagnosing their own neurosis. Principally, the theme is sexual obsession but, even in the throes of carnal passion, the characters can't escape their own ?navel-gazing self-loathing.? Your first name would have to be Sigmund to find this nonsense erotic.
Still, for all its faults, the prose is eminently readable. Mr. Duane can write. Hopefully for his next novel, he steps out of this post-yuppie Hell, and back outdoors where his characters might actually do something.
