Sunlight Dialogues |
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Author:
John Gardner
By Ballantine Books (Mm)
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780345304926 ISBN: 0345304926 Label: Ballantine Books (Mm) Manufacturer: Ballantine Books (Mm) Publication Date: 1974-02 Publisher: Ballantine Books (Mm) Studio: Ballantine Books (Mm) |
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    A madman with brilliant ideas clashes with small town, 1998-01-24 John Gardner writes very capably, yet cold. The best part are the dialogues between a "Law and Order" police chief who is fascinated with this anarchic madman. The book turns too literary for me at points (opposite of happy endings, bad things always happening) Lots of intriguing ideas. Gardner captures Batavia, NY (small town in Western New York farm countr.)
    Beautiful full swing skid into saneful madness!, 1996-09-27 A man gets arrested after drawing a large anarchy sign on the highway and then burning his wallet, including his id and papers. Tells the cops to call him 'Sunlight' - and that is precisely what he offers the chief of police, sunlight. So damn much of it that the police chief slowly starts to slip into Sunlight's own game. Sunlight escapes but keeps coming back, as though he must, must, make the police chief understand that he is serving madness, not order.
Beautiful book.
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