Don De Grazia

I went to grad school, had classes with and was tutored by Don De Grazia at Columbia College in the early 1990s. His talent was immeditately recognizable and his spirit was a true inspiration. I bought his book and read it quickly. It is a page turner, dealing with skin heads and others and set mostly in late 1980s Chicago, it was fun to read about locations that I had been to and characters I seemed to have known. After reading this book I became interested in reading more books set in Chicago and for about a year that was what I mostly read.
In general I don't read much fiction, so I dont recommend much. And although I thought the very ending of American Skin was a bit contrived, overall this novel is a total joy. No one that I have ever recommended it to has NOT liked it.… (mehr)