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Lädt ... The Answer Is Always Yesvon Monica Ferrell
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. I had an difficult time getting through this book. I never wanted to read the odd excerpts by the German guy, and I wasn't really interested in either of the characters' lives. ( ) Matt, the main character of this novel, is reminiscent of Holden Caulfield and Charlotte Simmons. He hates what he sees around him, yet longs to fit in. For awhile, Matt does fit in. As a geeky, overweight high school graduate he spends the summer slimming down and getting hip before he moves to NYU for school. The first few months are miserable as he tries to find a way to make "cool" friends. A chance encounter with a high school acquaintance he is trying to impress nets him a job as a "club promoter" at the hot club Cinema in NYC. Matt finally gets to meet the beautiful people he's been longing for, but at great personal cost. The description of the New York club scene in the age of Ecstacy, a time described as "an Atlantis to us" is enlightening. Frequent "interruptions" from the German psychologist who had a close encounter with Matt on the day of his death is a bit confusing and I didn't feel added much to the plot, although it does tie up the story neatly. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
This darkly exuberant debut novel--by turns a fierce, funny coming-of-age story and a teasing work of literary suspense--traces the precipitous rise and fall of a teenage impresario at the zenith of the New York club scene. Matthew Acciaccatura of Teaneck, New Jersey, begins his freshman year at NYU in the fall of 1995 with one goal in mind: to become cool. A former high school outcast, used to lumbering the hallways alone in oversize turtlenecks, Matt seems an unlikely candidate for such a transformation. Yet by dint of effort he lands the coveted position of promoter at one of the hottest clubs in New York in the heyday of rave music and Ecstasy. However, as "Magic" Matt rises to fame, portents of tragedy begin to appear, literally in the margins of the story. Footnotes from one Dr. Hans Mannheim, an imprisoned German academic obsessed with Matt's dangerous trajectory, suggest that Matt is not as in control of his destiny as he might appear.... A gorgeously written archetypal tale of self-discovery (and self-deception) and a love letter to the enduring possibilities of New York City, The Answer Is Always Yes will keep readers guessing until its explosive climax. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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