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Amazon.com ReviewColson Whitehead's second novel posits a folk antihero for the information age: junketeer and puff-piece-writing man J. Sutter. For his latest assignment, this freelance hack is sent to Talcott, West Virginia, to cover its John Henry Days festival and the unveiling of the United States Postal Service's John Henry stamp. Sutter hasn't devoted much thought to American mythology lately, or to the epic struggle of man vs. machine, or to anything else besides padding his expense account and cadging free drinks. Still, our hero is engaged in a private contest of his own--a kind of junket jag, in which he plans to attend a public relations event every single day. Alas, this journalistic obstacle course threatens to eradicate Sutter's soul, just as the folkloric steam shovel eradicated John Henry's body. Whitehead cuts back and forth between eras and exploits. And what begins as a media-saturated satire soon turns into a jazzy, expansive meditation on man, machine, nature, race, history, myth, and pop culture--in short, on America, as expressed through the story of (who else) a former slave. Following on the heels of Whitehead's widely praised debut, The Intuitionist, John Henry Days won't disappoint anyone who delighted in the first book's wonderfully quirky writing or its complex allegories of race. The historical set pieces here dazzle, and the author casts a withering eye on our media-driven culture: "Since the days of Gutenberg, an ambient hype wafted the world, throbbing and palpitating. From time to time, some of that material cooled, forming bodies of dense publicity." Still, these brilliant parts don't necessarily add up to a satisfying whole. Whitehead writes the kind of smart, allusive, highly wrought prose that is impressive sentence by sentence. Over the course of 400 pages, though, it can be somewhat daunting. It's a bit like eating a meal in which each of the seven courses comes topped with hollandaise sauce. Worse, some of the characters' motivations remain abstract, as if the author hovered so far above his creations that their foibles struck him as simple absurdities. In a novel of this caliber, of course, much can be forgiven. But one is eager to see Whitehead quit riffing and make an emotional investment in his characters. The result will be fiction that engages the heart as well as the head. --Mary Park John Henry (folklore) - Wikipedia John Henry is an African American folk hero. He is said to have worked as a "steel-driving man"a man tasked with hammering a steel drill into rock to make holes ... John Light - IMDb John Light Actor: Dresden. John Light was born on September 28 1972 in Birmingham England. He is an actor known for Dresden (2006) The Lion in Winter (2003) and ... John 11 Commentary - Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole ... Read John 11 commentary using Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete). Study the bible online using commentary on John 11 and more! John Henry's Cafe Designed by Master Chef John Henry Laslo our menu selections will please the palette and delight the eye. Specials change nightly and there's always something new to ... John Dehner - IMDb John Dehner Actor: The Doris Day Show. Unlike many actors John Dehner's career didn't begin on the stage or on radio. He started out as an animator for Walt Disney ... John W. Henry - Wikipedia John William Henry II (born September 13 1949) is an American businessman and investor. He founded John W. Henry & Company (JWH). He is the principal owner of the ... Matthew Henrys Commentary on John 1 - Bible Study Tools Read John 1 commentary using Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete). Study the bible online using commentary on John 1 and more! Browse By Author: M - Project Gutenberg Several of his books online at Project Gutenberg. John Henry - forbes.com John Henry turned a fortune made in commodities trading into ownership of several big ticket sports teams. He and partner Tom Werner bought the Boston Red Sox in 2002 ... Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman Website B lessed Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801-1890) was an Anglican convert to Roman Catholicism. Through this site you can learn from his sermons and teaching on ...
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