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The Brothers K
by David James Duncan

The Brothers K
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Author: David James Duncan
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1996-06-01
ISBN: 055337849X
Number of pages: 656
Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback

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Book Review: A unique, heart-rending family saga of "baby boom" vintage.
Summary: 4 Stars

"The Brothers K" begins and ends with images of a father, in an easy chair, with a young child on his lap. In the nearly twenty-five years between these images, we follow the Kincaid family through the sixties and seventies -- baseball, religion, war, and radical politics all taking their toll on the family. But these factors also give the Kincaids their identity as individuals and as family, leading them through harsh and difficult times into an experience of new hope. So much of this fine, funny, and ambitious novel rings true emotionally that the occasional lapses (the too-contrived -- but clever and entertaining -- rescue of Irwin, for example) are hardly worth quibbling about. "The Brothers K" is a worthy attempt at making sense of American "identity" in the wake of Vietnam, the radical sixties, fundamentalism, and the designated hitter. This new edition, apparently meant as a companion to Duncan's latest, "River Teeth," will perhaps get the novel the attention it has deserved since its publication in 1992.

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