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An almost daily report of interesting, unusual and noteworthy books that passed under my scanner.

An almost daily report of interesting, unusual and noteworthy books that passed under my scanner. An almost daily report of interesting, unusual and noteworthy books that passed under my scanner. An almost daily report of interesting, unusual and noteworthy books that passed under my scanner. An almost daily report of interesting, unusual and noteworthy books that passed under my scanner. An almost daily report of interesting, unusual and noteworthy books that passed under my scanner.

Posts Tagged «The Sand Castle»

Jun 27 2008

The Sand Castle

Posted by: Alan in Book Reviews, Books, Fiction, Mystery

Sometimes, it seems to me, Rita Mae Brown is simply out to taunt me. It was if she had somehow heard (or perhaps read) my wish that she write again about the old Runnymeade gang, and give us a break from all those mysteries, which Brown has been cranking out exclusively of late. So I was initially thrilled when I spotted Ms. Brown’s name in the New Fiction stacks. But I was struck immediately at what a very small book it is, a mere 102 four by five inch pages. A longish short story or a very brief novella, the entire action takes place in a single August day in 1952. Julia (Juts) and her sister Louise (Wheezie) Hunesnemeir, the former’s daughter, Nicole (Nickel) and the latter’s orpahaned grandson, Leroy, are the only characters.