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...Best Foreign Film, moves with a feverish back-staginess, a rushing, unbalancing energy that not only freshens one's historical imagination but finally forces the viewer to turn in on himself, trying to determine whether, in similarly tempting circumstances, he would have done better than its protagonist, Hendrik Höfgen...
...only change from the previous novel that I can detect in The Patriot Game is a slight mellowing--exemplified in the protagonist. Pete Riordan, a tough (natch) federal agent who's trying to figure out what's going on In Eddie Coyle and Rat on Fire, the good guys don't fight the bad guys as much as the stupid and evil guys fight the stupider and eviler Riordan, however, is a hero-- a Vietnam vet with a bum leg and cynical pride in truth, justice and the American way Heart-warming it certainly ain't in Higginsland, Bambi would...
...violent crimes of the client return to haunt the lawyer. Through the convoluted plot, threads weave and re-weave until every action seems to touch every character, from poor Shea to Harriet Dawson, a sympathetic child-murderer. Fate hangs over everyone's life like the faith the protagonist constantly tries to deny...
...picked up on an idea everyone's recognized for a long time--that something's wrong with America. It's probably more to his credit that he doesn't attempt to find it out on the open road like Kerouac. The country's illness, as diagnosed by protagonist Allie, stems from the uppity attitude people have towards work and education. ("Can't find a Harvard graduate who can change the tire on his car.") In Central America Allie thinks he will find an unspoiled land, untainted by the wretchedness of sloth and religion ("If God hadn't rested the seventh...
...That superb novel focuses on one woman, and presents an affectionate, humorous study of growing up gay in the South. Southern Discomfort tackles a broader range of restrictions; these characters must negotiate wealth and race as well as sexuality. Blue Rhonda, Hortensia and Catherine alternate in the role of protagonist, but the book lacks on central character with whom a reader can identify. This results in a more distanced, although no less sensitive book. Perhaps Southern Discomfort has less warmth than Rita Mae Brown's earlier efforts, but it is certainly a fun read...