Word: idyl
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When the inevitable occurs, the novel abruptly shifts from an improbable idyl into a grim farce. Allie's quirkiness becomes derangement. He mistakes the destruction of Jeronimo for the obliteration of the U.S. and decides that he and his family must hide even deeper in the wilderness and endure greater discomforts. Charlie's loyalty begins to waver as every day brings new evidence that his father is crazy...
...hear over the taped jazz and folk music. "America is in good shape," he offers soothingly. "America is not ideologically racist. Americans are willing to give people a fair shake." He could be a small businessman decompressing amiably between a week's rash of orders and the idyl of a suburban weekend...
With one of the great performances in Olympic history behind him, Heiden plans a sort of post-Olympic idyl of "goofing off"-racing bicycles in Florida, then camping and traveling in the western U.S., passing up his killer drills for the first time in years. "It's been so long since I've had a lot of free time, no training, no meets. Now I can do what I want to do." Eventually, he expects to go into sports medicine, possibly as an orthopedic surgeon like his father. He will spend next year studying at a sports medicine...