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Summary: Riveting and enchanting
Review: This was a wonderful, quirky, funny, tragic, heartwarming portrayal of family life set on the backdrop of the 1960s. It had the enjoyment of a John Irving novel, but much better - PG and not so over the top. You'll just love every one of these characters. And if you are a baseball fan, all the better. A friend handed this book off to me as she finished it, not knowing I was a baseball fan. I looked at the 600 pages and rolled my eyes - and then I started reading and couldn't stop. She had to attempt reading it twice to get through it - thought the beginning dragged. The second attempt won her over. I didn't feel this way (one attempt was enough to win me), but I imagine if you aren't a baseball fan that portions will not be as interesting to you. However, so much more is going on that there is plenty to keep everyone entertained. A bonus for me is that these kids come of age around the time I did. But I don't think you'll need to have lived through the 60s to enjoy it. You'll laugh, you'll cry - and come away very satisfied.
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Summary: Don't miss this one!
Review: The Brothers K takes you through one family's life and at the end you will be sorry the story doesn't go on for another 600 pages. The characters are real, funny and you laugh and cry all at the same time. I will read this book every year and recommend it to everyone.
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Summary: Excellent - but not his best
Review: (Sigh) David James Duncan is such an amazing story teller that no review can do any justice to his works. If someone walked up to me and asked, "What makes him such a good author?" I would have to respond that it is his characters. I've been delving into my mind trying to think of any living author today who matches up with Duncan's characters, and none come to mind. The Brother's K is such a special story because Duncan pay enormous amounts of attention to each individual family member and tells their separate life stories (and of course their contribution to the family as a whole). To be fair, I need to declare that I had two minor problems with the novel. #1 The ending was so cheesy that I actually had to drop a star from its rating. In fact, it took away from the novel because it was on the brink of being ridiculous. #2 There were numerous references to baseball in the novel, which was fine with me because I'm a baseball fan. However, a person not knowledgeable in baseball will likely find the baseball sections to be puzzling at best and quite possibly tedious. Perhaps it's because I related to "The River Why?" more than "The Brother's K," but I feel that the former is the superior work. Does anyone know if Duncan is going to write any more novels?
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Summary: It's difficult to read this one quietly!
Review: I'd rate this novel next to A Prayer for Owen Meany on my top 10 reads. I teared up twice (on the bus) while reading this. When I wasn't crying I was laughing! I'm certainly not a baseball fan, but baseball in the book IS a religion. The sheer love in that family blows me away! Sheer entertainment value aside, the plot and character development are superb! As outlandish as it gets you're left feeling that is strangly REAL.
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Summary: Baseball Meets Theology
Review: What a wonderfully quick and fulfilling read. Enter into the life of the Chance family as they deal with the Vietnam War, used-up baseball player father, East Asian philosphy brother, and a prosletyzing mother. The characters come alive with Duncan's descriptions. Sometimes so unbelieveable it has to be true. An outstanding holiday read.
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Summary: one of the finest american novels
Review: It is impossible to read this book and not fall in love with it
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Summary: An amazing book combining baseball, religion, and family
Review: Seldom do I LOVE a book, but this one did it for me. From all the baseball references, to the religious conflicts, the Vietnam war, and growing up in the 60's and 70's this book certainly covered a lot of ground, and did it well. Very well written, not a book you would skim, rather one you savor and enjoy until its last page. I laughed out loud a couple of times, and was moved to tears at others. Definately - a MUST read.
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Summary: A Captivating Story
Review: This is an epic novel of imessurable proportions. Duncan weaves a tale of Love, Life and Family with a sobering sence of reality. His language is poingiant and stunning. The Brothers K is a work of literature that will shine in American History.
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Summary: A stunning yarn that will change your life.
Review: Family, religion, politics in the 1960s Pacific Northwest all told through the prism of baseball. Positively brilliant! Compelling! Dazzling! Characters you'll never forget. I haven't worked in a bookshop in a decade, yet in the last three years I sold 37 copies of this for my local independent store JUST by proselytizing. Read this book.
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Summary: I've fell in love with reading again
Review: I am part of the younger audience (19) exposed to this book by David James Duncan, but I do not imagine that this book is limited to any age or audience. I have cried and laughed while reading this book, and there have been times when I did not want to go on, times when I could not stop reading. I recommed this book with all my heart. It has inspired me and moved me in a way that very few things in this world do. Give this book a "Chance", as well as his other novels.
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