The Hole [Hardcover]

William Zink (Author), a.k.a. Marco Polio (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

This first work is a surprising and unlikely treasure from an author using a surprising and unlikely pseudonym. The citizens of Cowopolis are up in arms: Theo Usurper, the owner of the Bovines football franchise, is going to move the team to another city if he can't acquire a tract of land controlled by Jerry Wrigdd. Jerry is a dreamer and a poet who has recently lost his one true love, and he has no intention of selling the land for what he considers to be an ignoble distraction. Usurper, frustrated by Jerry's failure to confront reality, has a charge of treason brought against the poet, for what can be more un-American than denying fans a few hours of diversion with their favorite team? The trial begins, and Jerry has his dark night, but he emerges finding both love and a new sense of purpose that will transform not only him, but the rest of the city as well. Highly recommended. Eric Robbins
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 250 pages
• Publisher: Sugar Loaf Press; 1st ed edition (October 16, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 097007025X
• ISBN-13: 978-0970070258
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,579,589 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A book to reread always, May 19, 2001

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Jianying Ji (Sunnyvale, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Hole (Hardcover)

"... is impossible to relate, it can only be experienced or not experienced"

This book is one of the few rare books whose power is not created by the weight of the book when it drops on your head, but rather created through the experience that you go through when you read it. Like any such book, it is a richly layered enterprise, with many many different levels of meaning. With perhaps every word purposedly chosen. (down to the fictitious reviews from such luminaries as Frederick Douglass and Brendan O'Malley)

And because of all these qualities, you will read and reread this book and find new perspectives each time you approach it anew.

I highly recommend this book to all!

5.0 out of 5 stars Strangely amazing and amazingly strange, March 17, 2001

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K. Kienast "krislynne" (ND) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Hole (Hardcover)

This book reminded me of a Beatles song...the lyrics are so strange and sometimes disconnected, but when set to the music the song engulfs you with beauty, even if it doesn't make sense. The Hole lost me a few times at the outset, but as I kept reading, it became more and more beautiful...a tale of love and of losing, of finding yourself again, or at least what's left after you've lost someone wonderful.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Wouldn't recommend, November 18, 2003

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Thomas F J Maybee (Ottawa, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Hole (Hardcover)

I bought this book largely based on the stellar reviews I read here on Amazon. Honestly, I felt more than a little let down. The book is centered on a man who has lost the love of his life and is despised by his fellow citizens due to his unwillingness to sell his land for a new Stadium.

With the exception of some clever names for the main characters and a bizarre meeting with a football hero, the promised laughs were never delivered. If you are in the market for a few chuckles, I'd recommend you stear clear of this Hole