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The Cannibal [Import] [Paperback]

John Hawkes (Author)

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Product Details

Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Sphere; New Ed edition (April 23, 1970)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0722143877
ISBN-13: 978-0722143872
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds

Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Underestimated Genius, December 29, 1999

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John Hawkes is a master of allusion and sordid subtleties. In *The Cannibal*, Hawkes' apocalyptic vision of post-war Germany attacks the reader in the form of an ever-deepening chill. Readers of Gunter Grass's *The Tin Drum* will find an interesting parallel here in Hawkes' sterile world. This man is one of the greatest, most difficult writers of the twentieth century. I also highly recommend *The Lime Twig.*

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5.0 out of 5 stars Like Di Lillo, Pynchon, Auster, Hannah, Boyle, Coover--One of the Greatest, December 20, 2006

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Three of the reviewers simply don't know what they're talking about. If they were writing about art, they'd probably say that Picasso can't draw.

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2.0 out of 5 stars well-written incoherence, March 28, 2003

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"The Cannibal" is an engaging, flowing novel that is also completely flat (in character and description) and jumpy, with no emotional involvement and even less dialogue (if that's a gesture of defiance toward literary convention, it certainly doesn't work). Is it possible for a book to be completely incoherent and confusing during and after reading, but still keep your finger on the next page? Apparently so, as this is certainly not the worst book I've read. It's unmemorable, sure, but John Hawkes at least exhibits a style that's free of the outright pretension that befalls authors like Pynchon and DeLillo. Interpret it how you may: "The Cannibal" is a book about nothing (maybe incoherence and WWII), but it is well-written, therefore it avoids a one-star rating.

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1.0 out of 5 stars spare the trees
Hawkes has gained a strange and slobbering coterie within and beyond the academy: hopefully NOT on the basis of this amateurish novel. Read more

Published on December 5, 2001 by Cecyle R Howard

1.0 out of 5 stars Pretentious crap
John "Look At Me, I'm Writing!" Hawkes' tries his best to be "literary." The previous reviewer calls this book difficult. Read more

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