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The Garden of Last Days: A Novel | 
 enlarge | Author: Andre Dubus Iii
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  75 reviews
Sales Rank: 8298
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.6 x 1.6
ISBN: 0393041654
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780393041651
ASIN: 0393041654
Publication Date: June 2, 2008
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Condition: EX-LIBRARY BOOK. All proceeds benefit the Hillsboro, OR Public Library. Dust jacket has light edgewear. Spine tilted. Cover boards lightly worn. Corners lightly bumped. Edges lightly soiled. Interior clean except for library markings. Binding secure. All exterior library markings removed.
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Product Description
From the author of the New York Times bestseller and Oprah's Book Club selection House of Sand and Fog—a new big-hearted, painful, page-turning novel.
One early September night in Florida, a stripper brings her daughter to work. April's usual babysitter is in the hospital, so she decides it's best to have her three-year-old daughter close by, watching children's videos in the office, while she works.
Except that April works at the Puma Club for Men. And tonight she has an unusual client, a foreigner both remote and too personal, and free with his money. Lots of it, all cash. His name is Bassam. Meanwhile, another man, AJ, has been thrown out of the club for holding hands with his favorite stripper, and he's drunk and angry and lonely.
From these explosive elements comes a relentless, raw, searing, passionate, page-turning narrative, a big-hearted and painful novel about sex and parenthood and honor and masculinity. Set in the seamy underside of American life at the moment before the world changed, it juxtaposes lust for domination with hunger for connection, sexual violence with family love. It seizes the reader by the throat with the same psychological tension, depth, and realism that characterized Andre Dubus's #1 bestseller, House of Sand and Fog—and an even greater sense of the dark and anguished places in the human heart.
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 A page turner October 3, 2008
Great book. Not for the faint of heart. Rich, descriptive writing. Carefully paces itself so you get to know and understand the characters and the settings, then - bam! - the book takes off like a shot. I read it in three days. Even skipped watching a Red Sox playoff game and the Biden-Palin debate so I could finish it (yes, it's that good).
 For a much better read, try the original, non-fiction "Welcome to Terrorland" September 17, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
You can blame but reasonably excuse an author who simply lacks talent, style, etc. But it is inexcusable that Dubus III's last effort fails to cite his obvious primary source, a rather astounding non-fiction account of Atta's pre-9/11 Florida days in the sun, Daniel Hopsicker's Welcome to Terrorland: Mohamed Atta & the 9-11 Cover-up in Florida.
 After House of Sand and Fog, a real disappointment September 16, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
What a let down. I think House of Sand and Fog was was on the best books I've read in a long time. It is almost perfect in setting, characterization and plot. It is well written and very literary in style. However, awaiting his next book I anxiously gobbled it up to see what one of my favorite authors had as an encore. What a disappointment. The characters were described in broad terms and over and over and over again, ad nauseum. The foreshadowing was quite obvious as well. It left nothing to consider for the reader. It was clear what would happen almost from the beginning.
The feelings the terrorists had about Western ideas was extreme and yet it showed the imperfections that might occur once one of them began to love/hate the sexual freedom. Does that sound plausible? How sad to represent almost all Islamic people in this manner.
I do not recommend this book, especially to anyone who read HoS&F as it will be a true let down for the reader. I had to work my way through it with great patience as it was a book my group was reading for our book discussion. No one in the group of 10 women liked it and most did not complete reading it.
Hopefully, Dubus will not rest on his laurels and try harder the next time.
another stip club book... September 15, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is the first time in my life that I rushed to the bookstore to return a book. In my career as a reader I have read some excellent books and some tolerable books, however this book was so poorly written and boring I could not stomach the though of contributing any money to a man who truly put out an uninspiring piece of garbage. Shame on you, I know you can do better than that!
Do not pay attention to the negative reviews and read this book! September 13, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed "House of Sand and Fog" and I enjoyed this book just as much. Dubus is an excellent writer with an ability to portray an array of vastly diverse characters while setting an amazing tempo.
His vivid descriptions within one terrifying night made me feel like I was there with these people watching this crazy night unfold. I was totally enthralled by this book and find it hard to believe all the negative reveiws. I could not put it down. Luckily I did not read them beforehand because I might not have purchased this book. And what a pity that would have been!
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