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Underestimated Genius,
By dorothea emery (Chicago) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Cannibal (Paperback)
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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Like Di Lillo, Pynchon, Auster, Hannah, Boyle, Coover--One of the Greatest,
By Michael Jones (NYC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Cannibal (Paperback)
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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well-written incoherence,
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This review is from: The Cannibal (Paperback)
"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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