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Sep 09, John M. There are moments in this novel that are sheer poetry, especially in natural description.
Witness the opening scene of John's Uncle Charlie walking up the road: Its barrel pointing down in the shadow showed sharp as the beak of a water bird. Then the air became calm; the larks fluttered down and a lovely glitter lay on the waste field. I knew then what it was to be happy," This is a coming-of-age novel.
The quiet, bookish John who is a favorite both of his retiring paternal Aunt Virginia and rakehell maternal Uncle Charlie is the protagonist. It is the tragedy that occurs between Charlie and Virginia that is responsible for precipitating John into manhood even more so that Charlie's taking John to a Hagerstown whorehouse. The second half gets a bit bogged down in courtroom procedure but the depictions of John's pubescence and early adolescence are vivid and true as is Bishop's eye for the natural world.
I bought a book of Bishop's poetry hoping it to be naturalistic like his prose in 'Act of Darkness'. It was rather disappointing post-modern type verse, however.
Still, on the strength of this, his only novel; John Peale Bishop remains one of my favorite American authors. Aaron rated it it was amazing Feb 18, Nyssa Clements rated it it was ok Jul 14, Aaron rated it liked it Apr 17, Douglas Armato rated it liked it Aug 13, Mike rated it liked it Nov 16, Kasane Teto marked it as to-read May 19, Nyssa is currently reading it Sep 13, M marked it as to-read Mar 14, Hot Cocoa Mix Next Episode Crepe Expectations.
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