River Teeth: Stories and Writings by David James Duncan Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of River Teeth: Stories and Writings
Book Review: not his best
Summary: 4 Stars
I have a difficult time writing anything negative about David James Duncan, to me he can do no wrong (except not being prolific). He has about broke my bank, because nobody to whom I was foolish enough to "Lend" "The River Why' to would ever return it, and this was in the olden days of pre-internet. I had to buy about a skillion copies of the thing.
Anyway, about this collection, there is his brilliance, comic and spiritual, in here. His beautifully voiced observations and the touching characters, they are in here, too. In any other writer I would give this 5 stars, but placing this against his later work (not fair, I know, but I'm doing it anyway) it just doesn't fly the with joy that "The River Why" has, nor the deep inspiration of "God Laughs and Plays"
That said, it's still on my shelf and it's staying. I just wouldn't recommend this for your first time with this author