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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780452283251
ISBN: 0452283256
Label: Plume
Manufacturer: Plume
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: May 28, 2002
Publisher: Plume
Release Date: May 28, 2002
Sales Rank: 931456
Studio: Plume
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Chuck Kinder's long-awaited and critically acclaimed magnum opus chronicles the misadventures of best friends Ralph Crawford and Jim Stark, two of the most promising writers of their day, and the wives with whom they have spent the best years of their lives raising bad judgment to an art. Kinder captures the late 60's and early 70's in all their splendor and as pointed out in The New York Times Book Review, "It is undoubtedly possible to read this book without knowing that Kinder was a close friend of Raymond Carver. But many of those who pick up this volume about two bad-boy American writers in the making will recognize the general outline of Carver's life."
With affection and self-savaging wit, Kinder captures the siren song of the writer in all its squalor and glory. Honeymooners is both an homage to and a debunking of that mythical figure-the alcoholic, womanizing, swaggering male author.
"A wild, careening and unforgettable presence in the garden of American lit." (San Francisco Chronicle)
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Rating:  -
A raunchy, raucous romp by America's King of Rockabilly writers. It's about the desperate sweetness of artistic attempt and letting the dark angel out, something seemingly necessary in certain neighborhoods of life. Contains a lot of Chuck's trademark bluesy lyrical notes and some of the funniest writing I've ever read anywhere by anybody. The scene where our two heroes are held captive in their car by a dog is by itself well worth the price of a hardback or two. So, Good Golly Miss Molly, Great ... Read More
Rating:  -
It took a while to finish this one but I'm glad I did. The novel focuses on the perilously decadent lives of Ralph and Alice Anne. Crafted in the dialectical tradition of the "Honeymooners" television show of old, this contemporary story extracts the dark, vile, highly addictive nature of its characters and their friends. Ralph and Jim are best friends, college professors and writers, whose lives spirals from one disaster to the next as they move through life with no rules no boundaries and a very limited ... Read More
Rating:  -
Simply put, this novel stunk. The language is imprecise, the characters boring and unlikeable, and the situations stupid. It's tedious, rambling, unreadable verbal muck. It'd be easier and less painful to get it into your brain by ramming it through your ear rather than reading it. You'd be more entertained watching hair grow.
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The first 100 pages read like Beavis 'n Butthead do Writing. Huh. Huh huh. Then Kinder shows his stuff, not unlike the not unusual not untalentless nonpeople who spend years sustaining each other on a vague notion they call literary. And he "teaches" writing. Oy vay. Why can't he write a simple simile without using a double not for flourish? This book was just plain annoying.
That this was a New York Times notable book is clear evidence that the literary/academic complex wants to rule "art" in America. ... Read More
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Chuck Kinder's Honeymooners is an amusing tale of two writers whose lives strip away the "glamour" of the hard drinking writer a la Ernest Hemingway. Ralph and Jim are likeable losers, involved with and married to, women who barely manage to put up with them. The novel is rather unconventional and the narrative moves forward on its own pace, providing amusement all the way. If you enjoy a humorours novel that is a little different, give this one a try. Enjoy.
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