“Patchett
is a master storyteller who has an entertaining habit of dropping
ordinary people into extraordinary and exotic circumstances to see what
they’re made of. [An] expansive page-turner…Patchett’s fluid prose
dissolves in the suspense of this out-there adventure…that readers will
hate to see end.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Thrilling, disturbing and moving in equal measures—even better than Patchett’s breakthrough Bel Canto.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Ann Patchett is the author of five novels: the New York Times bestselling Run; The Patron Saint of Liars, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year; Taft, which won the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize; The Magician's Assistant; and Bel Canto,
which won the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Orange Prize, the BookSense Book
of the Year, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle
Award. She is also the author of two works of nonfiction: the New York Times bestselling Truth & Beauty and What Now? Patchett has written for many publications, including the Atlantic Monthly, Harper's Magazine, Gourmet, the New York Times, Vogue, and the Washington Post. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
Submitted by ethics27 on Thu, 06/09/2011 - 11:42am.
I am amazed by Ann Patchett's ability to write such riveting books about such a breadth of topics. Bel Canto is one of the most beautiful books I've ever read, and I never thought she'd be able to match that. With this book, I think she has come close.
“Patchett
is a master storyteller who has an entertaining habit of dropping
ordinary people into extraordinary and exotic circumstances to see what
they’re made of. [An] expansive page-turner…Patchett’s fluid prose
dissolves in the suspense of this out-there adventure…that readers will
hate to see end.”
I am amazed by Ann Patchett's
I am amazed by Ann Patchett's ability to write such riveting books about such a breadth of topics. Bel Canto is one of the most beautiful books I've ever read, and I never thought she'd be able to match that. With this book, I think she has come close.
Ethics