Word: staredown
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Dates: during 1995-1995
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...observe this steady, fearless staredown of loneliness for three novels is exhausting, though by no means tiresome. What relieves the strain is unfailing grace of language, as when Mayfield and Strawson drive the New Jersey Turnpike "through an outrage of traffic like the silent forced evacuation of Hell." Grace and seriousness are enough. Price's dour trilogy is rich, not bleak, a satisfying accomplishment by a fine artist...
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