This time it's the Texas pan-handle that Proulx has chosen to bring to vivid life for us. Anyone who has enjoyed The Shipping News and Accordion Crimes (bwl 12) won't need me to recommend this, but for newcomers, this writer has an extraordinary capacity to get inside the skin of places and their inhabitants, with wit, affection and intelligence. Another must, if a decidedly quirky one.
(Annabel Bedini - bwl 24 June 2004 ) |
