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| Anne Tyler's 14th novel tells the story of Barnaby Gaitlin of the "old" Baltimore Gaitlins, a man attempting to get his life back on track. Before his current job moving furniture for the elderly, Barnaby broke into houses--not to steal, but rather to peruse the owner's belongings, mail, and other personal keepsakes. Because of his past wrongdoings, his family can not forgive him, his ex-wife can not accept his place in their daughter's life, and his present girlfriend can not completely trust him. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998. | |
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| Length: | 287 pages |
| Height: | 9.3 in. |
| Width: | 6.3 in. |
| Thickness: | 1.2 in. |
| Weight: | 17.6 oz. |
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| Barnaby Gaitlin has been in trouble ever since adolescence. He had this habit of breaking into other people's houses. It wasn't the big loot he was after, like his teenage cohorts. It was just that he liked to read other people's mail, pore over their family photo albums, and appropriate a few of their precious mementos. But for eleven years now, he's been working steadily for Rent-a-Back, renting his back to old folks and shut-ins who can't move their own porch furniture or bring the Christmas tree down from the attic. At last, his life seems to be on an even keel. Still, the Gaitlins (of "old" Baltimore) cannot forget the price they paid for buying off Barnaby's former victims. And his ex-wife would just as soon he didn't show up ever to visit their little girl, Opal. Even the nice, steady woman (his guardian angel?) who seems to have designs on him doesn't fully trust him, it develops, when the chips are down, and it looks as though his world may fall apart again. In this, her fourteenth novel--and one of her most endearing--Anne Tyler tells the story of a lovable loser whos trying to get his life in order. Barnaby Gaitlin has been in trouble ever since adolescence. He had this habit of breaking into other peoples houses. It wasnt the big loot he was after, like his teenage cohorts. It was just that he liked to read other peoples mail, pore over their family photo albums, and appropriate a few of their precious mementos. But for eleven years now, hes been working steadily for Rent-a-Back, renting his back to old folks and shut-ins who cant move their own porch furniture or bring the Christmas tree down from the attic. At last, his life seems to be on an even keel. Still, the Gaitlins (of "old" Baltimore) cannot forget the price they paid for buying off Barnabys former victims. And his ex-wife would just as soon he didnt show up ever to visit their little girl, Opal. Even the nice, steady woman (his guardian angel?) who seems to have designs on him doesn't fully trust him, it develops, when the chips are down, and it looks as though his world may fall apart again. There is no one like Anne Tyler, with her sharp, funny, tender perceptions about how human beings navigate on a puzzling planet, and she keeps us enthralled from start to finish in this delicious new novel. | |
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| "...Tyler repeatedly sacrifices urgency, the turmoil of true struggle; anyone familiar with her work takes up her new novel comfortable in the certainty that everything will turn out for the best, no matter how bumpy the ride. Aesthetically, Tyler seems never to challenge the limits of her formidable talent." Times Literary Supplement - Claire Messud (06/19/1998) "Absolutely wonderful: Tyler's many admirer's are sure to number this among her very best work." Stevenson "As [protagonist] Barnaby moves from one disappointment to another, the novel doesn't so much gallop to a climax as amble toward a conclusion. This kind of structure may be too low-key for some readers, but for those who stay the course, Tyler offers a number of rewards." Lehmann-Haupt | |
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