Word: lefts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After his father's death, Wolff said he felt compelled to write Duke of Deception, because it "was the only way I know how to deal with being left behind by my father." Duke left behind his son both literally--deserting the family in the mobile home mecca of Sarasota, Florida, for a financially-draining fling on Vancouver Island--and emotionally--substituting "glittering things" for fatherly affection. Continuing the precedent set by Geoffrey's grandfather, Duke discovered "love's shortcut through stuff," lavishing filched motorboats and sportscars on his child...
...snarled and beat a passing panther to death with his left forearm. Then he said, in a squeaky voice, "First, my alcoholic squire, you must answer three questions. Where did your father go to school...
...King Joseph laughed. "Double slot left, split wing trap right. I-36, X-89 on four," Joseph said, for he spoke only a strange tongue that was not known in the land. But he was wise, or so they said...
Undaunted, he returned to the Justice Department only to leave at the end of 1962 to join the Tennessean. Six years later, he again left what he calls "the high calling of journalism" to help manage Robert Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign. His lucid speech becomes halting as he talks of the campaign that ended before it had a chance to succeed...
...unless a lot is lost in translation, Abe's new novel is closer to outright farce: the crudeness and grotesqueness of its images entirely alienate the reader. Apart from the initial shock of meeting Abe's characters, there is little else besides some black humor; the reader is left stunned, unable to identify with the narrator or to place the story in a familiar or meaningful perspective. Secret Rendezvous leaves the reader provoked, but unmoved, and while he must respect the profundity of Abe's vision, the novel does not convince him to share...