The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living : A Novel

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Summary: Forget The Title
Review: I live in the part of the world where Judge Clark's book has been wildly successful--as well as a bit contraversial. I simply put off reading it because of the flippant, weird title. I was also a little wary because of all the hype and attention. I've got to say, though, I came away impressed. This is a book that pushes traditional boundaries in a very positive way, and it is a well written, funny book that keeps you interested. The first thirty pages are well done but a little slow, but the story kicks in after that and takes off. This book has gotten a number of good reviews and deservedly so. I'm glad I spent a while "mobile home living." Congratulations to Judge Clark. I'll read the next one sooner.

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Summary: Great Characters
Review: The strength of this book is its great characters. Evers and Pascal and Pauletta are funny and entertaining, yet they don't seem fictional. Their problems are real, their conversations genuine, and their adventures plausible. I know people like these. The writing is uniformly good throught the book, and in places it's exceptional. Also, I loved the asides and witticisms, like "faith is just a hopped-up, fervent guess." This is a fine book if you are after lots of plot and meaningful characters.

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Summary: brilliant
Review: One of the best all-around books I've ever read. A true delight

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Summary: Needed more background
Review: Evers, his brother and gang of friends were drunk or high the entire story. Why? Evers was also suffering from a lack of meaning and faith in his life. I read the entire book but I still don't understand why. I needed more background to understand their motives, and more importantly to care about them. Just growing up and away from our carefree college days didn't strike me as a reason for the characters to become involved in this offbeat adventure. The book was written with care - sentences were crafted with precision - but I did sense a change in tone or 'thinking' voices. If all of these characters are inside the author's head, I guess it's no wonder!

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Summary: A Refreshing Surprise
Review: I was not expecting a whole lot out of this book when I first ordered it. Nothing more than a quick summer read by a new author with a simple plot dealing with the South. WAS I WRONG! This is one of the most interesting and captivating new books I have read in a few years. I have forced all of my friends to read it, and they all agree. Read this book.

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Summary: Big Crazy Fun
Review: At times this book is over the top and really out there, and at times its like rading about someone you know. Hard to describe, but the writing is great and the story a page turner. A fine, entertaining novel

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Summary: Great Read!
Review: I couldn't put this one down!

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Summary: Great Characters
Review: Unlike the usual two dimensional characters found in a lawyer-written mystery, real people are rarely purely good or purely bad. Judge Clark, probably from sitting on the bench and listening to the conflicts of real people with real problems, has created characters that break out of that mold. His main character is a basically good guy, but a bit of a cynical hypocrite with a mean streak that gets him into trouble. His entourage are folks that in real life would leave a wake of whispered gossip of wasted lives, but are terribly likable nonetheless. In short, the characters make the book. You keep reading not only to solve the rather unconventional mystery, but to find out whether your assessment of the characters is going to be confirmed. Also, I practice law in Virginia, including the rural counties in the book, and lived in Winston-Salem for 5 years. For anyone in these areas, it's a lot of fun to recognize the landmarks described therein.

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Summary: A Great Title & A Great Book...............
Review: I grew up in the South, reading the likes of William Faulkner, Flannery O'Conner and Carson McCullers. Reading Martin Clark's "The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living," took me back: its well written, but not nauseatingly so; it's themes of good & evil, decadence and dysfunctional Southern family-life follow in a tradition of many great Southern authors and the plot is twisted enough to keep the reader guessing until the very last. If you enjoyed "A Good Man is Hard to Find," "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe" or "A Confederacy of Dunces," you're going to like this one.......Five Stars!!!

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Summary: Smart and Wild
Review: How many books do you run across which are thought-provoking and full of wild plots and wonderful characters? The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living has all this and more. I couldn't figure out how the author was going to tie all this toghether at the end, but he did, and the ending just left me shaking my head. You'll not find a better book out there. This one takes chances and breaks all kinds of rules, but it really works. Hope to see Evers and Pascal and Pauletta again soon.