Rating: 
Summary: Hey, not bad!
Review: When the novelty wears off (though it never totally does) and you stop saying to yourself, "this is just another Imus gimmick," you realize this actually a pretty good book. No, it is not "insanely funny" as the cover boasts, but "God's Other
Son" is actually a pretty good story. This saga of a smalltown
boy becoming a national evangelical star will remind you, at times, of Philip Roth, John Irving, Larry McMurtry, and (if you
can believe it) Mark Twain. Too bad Mr. Imus does not spend more
time on his writing because one suspects that this voice of American radio could truly become a Voice of American literature.
Rating:
Summary: Hey, not bad!
Review: When the novelty wears off (though it never totally does) and you stop saying to yourself, "this is just another Imus gimmick," you realize this actually a pretty good book. No, it is not "insanely funny" as the cover boasts, but "God's Other
Son" is actually a pretty good story. This saga of a smalltown
boy becoming a national evangelical star will remind you, at times, of Philip Roth, John Irving, Larry McMurtry, and (if you
can believe it) Mark Twain. Too bad Mr. Imus does not spend more
time on his writing because one suspects that this voice of American radio could truly become a Voice of American literature.
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