Word: wails
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...even when he controls his impulse to wail, Hannah remains a distinctive, disturbing voice. Longtime fans continue to wonder when he will again reach the comic breadth and scope of Geronimo Rex (1972), his dazzling first novel. Certainly not this time. Captain Maximus is almost aggressively fragmentary. But Hannah's brand of disorderly conduct, even in bits and pieces, remains a welcome reminder that art can be just as wild and unpredictable as daily life. --By Paul Gray
...climax of their interaction is too dramatic for its own good: Farhad’s bewildering decision to kill Daniel is foiled when Daniel’s pre-school-aged daughter literally takes the bullet for her father, complete with a slo-mo Platoon-style wail of anguish on Peña’s part...
Everything changes one day as Opal discovers an orphaned dog while running errands for her father. And so as banjos and guitars wail away in the country-twanged soundtrack, Winn-Dixie (named for the supermarket where she found him) enters the life of Naomi, Florida...
Everything changes one day as Opal discovers an orphaned dog while running errands for her father. And so as banjos and guitars wail away in the country-twanged soundtrack, Winn-Dixie (named for the supermarket where she found him) enters the life of Naomi, Florida...
...about to let a few centimeters of European torso or American leg stop him. Tagging the end of the pool in a speedy display somewhat slowed by brisk winds, the 1.78-m Kitajima raised his arms in a banzai cheer and threw back his head as a strange wail swirled through the stadium and skittered across the surface of the pool. Delivered in a high-pitched tone perhaps best detected by dogs, the shrieks were the unmistakable call of the teenage Japanese girl. "Ko-chan, congratulations," the girls screamed in unison, waving little rising-sun flags in precise formation. "Little...