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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Institutedi James M. Cain
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. To his great credit, James Cain continued to write to the end of his life, even though he found it very difficult to do so. The words didn't come so easily anymore, and he'd lost touch with contemporary culture and relationships. The Institute was his last published novel, written at the advanced age of 85, a few months before his death in 1977. The book is exceedingly weak, and it would be easy to enumerate its many flaws. However, let's be charitable, and recognize it for what it was -- the last published work of a once- great writer. And let's continue to honor James M Cain for his masterpieces published in the 1930s and 40s, stories worth reading and rereading. We might each hope to have the fortitude and persistence to continue to create until life's final curtain. ( ) Cain has written some classic books. This was his final book, and is not in quite the same category. It's similar to others of his, involving the infidelity of a "restless" woman, and I read it as quickly as any recent book, but then ending simply did not ring true - the motivations and reactions of the characters were rather unbelievable. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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HTML: An academic looking for money finds a woman and trouble insteadProfessor Lloyd Palmer loves a good biography. His fantasy is to start an institute to teach young scholars the biographical arts, and it will take old money to make his dreams come true. Around Washington, the oldest money is found not in the District, but in Delaware, a land of wealth so astonishing that even the Du Ponts are considered nouveau riche. But when the professor goes to Wilmington, he comes away not with old money, but young trouble. Her name is Hortense Garrett. She is his benefactor's wife, a twenty-something beauty trapped in an unhappy marriage, whose good looks conceal the most cunning mind this side of the Potomac. She needs a ride to Washington, and Lloyd offers to give her a lift. They've barely left Delaware before he falls for her. By the time they hit the Beltway, his biography will be in her hands. .Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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