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Kinflicks (Virago Modern Classics) (Paperback)
by Lisa Alther (Author)
  3.8 out of 5 stars 10 customer reviews (10 customer reviews)  

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New Yorker, Mar.29, 1976]
An ambitious, funny, lucid, and unfailingly honest novel...No other writer has yet synthesized [the coming of age in the '60's] as well as Ms. Alther has. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

John Leonard, New York Times Book Review, Mar.14, 1976
Amazing...a very funny book...about serious matters, full of people one would like to meet, and oddly invigorating. The tone of voice throughout is a tone that has been missing in American fiction for years -- the speech of breezy survivors, of Holden Caulfield, Augie March, and ultimately Huck Finn. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details
  • Paperback: 576 pages
  • Publisher: Virago Press Ltd; New Ed edition (May 6, 1999)
  • ISBN-10: 1860497098
  • ISBN-13: 978-1860497094
  • Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5 x 1.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars 10 customer reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #127,075 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars It's Worth the Wait, March 27, 2001
By Allen Smalling "Constant Reader," (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kinflicks: 20th Anniversary Edition (Paperback)
Alther's literary creation is 'feminist' in the most salutory sense of the word, but it doesn't contain the mandatory man-bashing that became so common a few years later. Instead, Alther invokes an avalance of wit and sharp observation that will provoke a healthy nostalgia in the over-40s, a realistic warts-and-all view of that decade in the under-40s, and a pretty darn good look at that pivotal time for young adult readers who pick up the book. (Perhaps you know an older teen who's 'into' the 1960s?) The plot takes our (at least partly autobiographical) heroine from little 'Hullsport' (read: Kingsport) Tennessee Up North to a good college, and gets her into the Sixties just at the point they get hot, hot, hot. Of the many virtues of this novel, two stand out to me: (1) Alther narrates the story in a moderate point-of-view, avoiding the twin perils of getting too immersed in the subject or too distant and 'snooty'; and (2) related to this, her lead character's voice (which reflects her personality) is good, clear and steady, no whining here. Not to mention the fact that the book is witty as all get-out.

As you probably know by now, this kind of witty and zestful Baby Boomer's coming-of-age story is a glut on the literary market but in my opinion "Kinflicks" is *far* above the norm in quality. You probably already have your own favorite coming-of-age-in-the-Sixties novels; try "Kinflicks" and add another to your list.

PS: Oh, Mr. Publisher!! Have you noticed that eight of us or so have gone to the trouble to review "Kinflicks," even though it's difficult to find through normal distribution channels? How about a reprint? I don't think you'd regret doing so.

charless@ync.net

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