Word: reade
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only a part of her motivation for returning). We feel their uncertainties--they don't really know why they do these things either. Adams' masterfully portrays a group of characters in search of self-knowledge. The stories that result are unvarnished and honest, and make for a deeply satisfying read...
...couple of books turned into screenplays at this point and basically you have no rights once you allow your book to be optioned. But in this case, I was on very good terms with the producers. So I was able to read the drafts and talk to the screenwriters, but it was much more in a consulting role than an "I don't like this, I don't like that" kind of thing. People were curious about my response, but I don't actually think my response response changed their plan...
...students'--xame first. I was writing the students' story as an attempt to recreate the 1992 presidential election in a high school so that was a fairly allegorical and satirical decision. The teacher's story was much more a serious character study and that came from an anecdote I read in the paper--I believe it was a teacher in a Southern state who had burned a box of votes for prom queen because the students had elected a pregnant girl. And didn't approve of that so he decided to--woops!--burn the votes. And he was sort...
Boston Teran's debut novel is brutal. His descriptions of evil and horror are so fierce, I found, at times, it was a struggle to continue reading. The violence is excessive, taking the reader into a world of hard-core drugs, murder, rape, child pornography and terrifying cult mentality. Teran obviously feels there are worse things than death, and he captures many of these within his pages. And yet, I read the book in less than 24 hours. Through all the gore and desolation, Teran managed to force me to care about the two protagonists, and in the world that...
This novel is not for the squeamish, and it is not a relaxing bedtime read. However, if you are hardened enough to read through the gore and carnage, you will become mesmerized by the ferocious prose. Teran writes without inhibitions and without softening his subject matter, and while his style is harsh, the force behind it will capture even the most reluctant reader...