The River Warren: A Novel
by Kent Meyers
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Author: Kent MeyersEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-09-09
ISBN: 0156010623
Number of pages: 280
Publisher: Mariner Books
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Book Review: Fine Work from the hinterlands of South Dakota
Summary: 5 Stars
Ordinary folks inhabiting any small town in rural America are the multifaceted characters plying the pages of "The River Warren". At the same time the insights brought to the reader through these people living on the fringe of our culture are rather extraordinary. The story is set in motion by Tow-speed Crandall who crashes his tractor trailer loaded with cattle through the streets of a quite Minnesota hamlet, killing driver, passenger and most of the cattle on board. The main characters of the book are connected to the dead occupants in interesting and surprizing ways that are revealed layer by layer as the story unfolds. Every chapter's title is the name of the person speaking, each character offering a varied perspective of the commings and goings of Two-Speed and his truck. Using this interesting literary device Kent Myers gives his story solid form, a backbone so to say. Still the pros are as fluid and varied as the person doing the talking. By design the town(the community) comes to know itself a little better, and I might add, so does the reader. Myers infuses the story line with an undertow tension, a mysterious ebb and flow, not unlike the River Warren itself. At novel's end, we are sitting with people much like ourselves, men and women of light and shadow, maybe a little rough around the edges, all in need of some form of redemption. The author does not disappoint in this regard, transforming his characters and readers in subtle, lasting ways. A fine piece of work that easily warrents its place on the printed page, no doubt worthy of further reflection and much more praise than I am able to give here.
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