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...contemporaries, John Gardner has made being a novelist a hyphenated art. In The Sunlight Dialogues he did a brilliant turn as philosopher-novelist, debating issues of law and dissent while nimbly stage-managing a family melodrama in upstate New York. In his re-creations of myth, Grendel and Jason and Medeia, he played the novelist-as-epic-poet, perhaps a little consciously; but once again he revealed his consistent longing for Significance, for the Big Theme, for some dimension that extends beyond the modern novel into older, more classical forms...
Tour Guide. Gardner does not restrict himself to century-old American settings. He is also at home in classical antiquity (Jason and Medea) and the late Dark Ages (Grendel). He fills pages with royalty and serfs, knights, monks, prisoners and jailers. Magic is taken for granted; humble facts are made to seem miraculous. A lesser writer might stretch the profligate inventiveness of this single book into a long career...
...best part of Grendel's atmosphere is its simplicity. It doesn't have the European landscape posters that other easteries find so necessary to their identities. Grendel's exudes a European ambience without even trying. The music is light and tends toward the classical, and the waiters and waitresses are generally cordial...
...make a meal at Grendel's complete, one ought to help it along with a bottle of wine. Grendel's doesn's serve anything stronger than expresso, but for a few dollars you can stop off at the Pro before your meal and purchase the wine of your choice. Since this is a common occurrence at Grendel's, you will be provided with wine glasses and a corkscrew as soon as you reach into the paper...
...find Grendel's Den, go down Boylston Street one block from the Square. On your right you'll see Winthrop Squae, behind which is a building that houses Grendel's in its basement...