John Dalton (1) (1963–)
Autore di Heaven Lake
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Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: Tindal Street Press
Serie
Opere di John Dalton
Natural Bridge no 14 — A cura di — 2 copie
Natural Bridge no 6 — A cura di — 2 copie
Natural Bridge no 27 — A cura di — 1 copia
Natural Bridge no 18 — A cura di — 1 copia
Natural Bridge no 22 — A cura di — 1 copia
Natural Bridge no 17 — A cura di — 1 copia
Natural Bridge no 7 — A cura di — 1 copia
Natural Bridge no 15 — A cura di — 1 copia
Natural Bridge no 13 — A cura di — 1 copia
Natural Bridge no 11 — A cura di — 1 copia
Natural Bridge no 16 — A cura di — 1 copia
Natural Bridge no 20 winter 2008 — A cura di — 1 copia
Natural Bridge no 20 spring 2009 — A cura di — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1963-12-10
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 16
- Utenti
- 344
- Popolarità
- #69,365
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 15
- ISBN
- 39
- Lingue
- 2
Enter Wyatt Huddy, genetically disfigured and trained by life to be pliant and agreeable, currently living in a back room of the Salvation Army. One of a dozen new camp counselors, brought in on the fly, Wyatt and his new colleages are quickly settled in and explained their duties, but not until the first buses of campers roll in are they told that for the first two weeks, the campers are not, in fact, children, but rather handicapped adults from the state hospital. Oops.
Aside from the initial sorting chaos and a few minor incidents, the session begins surprisingly smoothly and humorously. When one counselor begins manipulating staff and campers alike, the situation derails. Wyatt is faced with protecting someone weaker than himself, and his own experience-begotten insecurities.
The first section of The Inverted Forest, more or less indicated above, is an interesting, occasionally humorous, but only mildly surprising build up to an act of violence. The second section, though, turns the previous story on its head. Nicely and smartly flipped.
One of the best features of Dalton’s writing in The Inverted Forest is the careful generosity of it all. In a story with ample opportunity for offense and cruelty, his portrayal of Wyatt, his colleagues (save one), and his campers, even at their worst, is tinged with humor. It renders the reader’s shock at the transgressions greater, and makes the book’s resolution very satisfying. Very good.… (altro)