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• スティーブ・マックイーンが映画化

  じいちゃんはゆうた。 ブーン・ホーガンバックってのはこんな男や。 ベルティヨン(1853〜1914、フランスの犯罪学者)表 か警察のポスターみたいに 壁にかざっとくといいよ、 ブーンの墓碑銘になるかもしれんが、 「ミシシッピ州北部のどの警官であれ、 どんな人込みの中からでも彼を逮捕できる。 日付を読み上げただけで。」 土曜の朝、10時ころ。 われわれ、お前のひいおじいちゃんとワシは オフィスにいた。 神父さんが机に座って袋から金貨をつかみだし、 、、、、、、 1ページ目より。 父と子が冒険に乗りだし、子が成長していく ロードムービーである。 フォークナー最後の作品。

• I love Faulkners work. This is a farce, he draws such great characters, you can picture them so clearly, a treat.

• Good condition. So fun to read.

• Faulkner's last book is whatever critics might say, a masterpiece . It is pure light-hearted comedy, almost a farce, in the spirit and humour of Mark Twain. Unforgettable characters, among which Sanctuary's Miss Reba.

• Faulkner is always great but the lesson learned by the young teen is priceless when he says; I know what grandfather meant when he said about not punishing the body (for his mischief); "you live in it and to go sleep in it, but has nothing to do what you are and even less of what you do".

• Okay, so technically Flags in the Dust was published last but that was more a restoration of Satoris, his third novel, than a newer book. I struggled a little with this book at the beginning. It started dynamically with Boon bursting in and showing the kind of impulsiveness that defines his character. I didn't trust that Ned's action with the horse and automobile would make any sense and the path through the train yard to the box car was tedious; as was the crossing of the mud hole. It wasn't until half way through that things started clicking for me and then I couldn't stop reading. What makes this more accessible is also the novel's weakness. What's missing for me is the truly cinematic paragraphs where Faulkner places an image directly in the readers mind. I find that thrilling and never got that from this book. However, the story itself is powerful. Lucius Priest, age 11, leaves on this adventure and returns four days later (as he counts it) changed. Faulkner brilliantly conveys the awareness of this change in the boy's mind when Lucius returns home and is surprised that home hadn't changed and wonders why he expected it. The theme is that of what makes a gentleman and what doesn't, and how Lucius filters through examples of both what is and isn't to cultivate his own code. Names in Faulkner are always interesting. Lycurgus was a Spartan lawgiver and his name is given to the young black boy living with his mom and grandfather, the gentleman Uncle Parsham Hood. Everbe Corinthia sounds like Ever Be Corithia - in ancient Greece around New Testament times to be referred to as a Corinithian Girl was to be called a prostitute or whore; which is what Everbe is. But she has a heart and a desire for love and to quit. All things Faulkner treats expertly. This is Comedy and in the ancient genre of Comedy things end on an up note where the characters in the play are not only restored but some are better off. Which makes this a less than usual Faulkner work and goes a long way to make this novel the most accessible I've read so far. (This is my sixth review, I've read 9 altogether). When I was struggling with this book I thought I'd end up giving it a two or generous three star review. But having finished and ruminated for a day it's a definite four.

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