Marshall Hollenzer is Driving

by Owen Egerton

What if you believed that "for the price of a cup of coffee you could save a child's life?"What if your life closely resmbled the life of a caged budgie bird?What if the most real part of your life were the words in books?Would you let your world shatter?

236 pages, Paperback

First published August 24, 2000

About the author

Owen Egerton is the author of the novel The Book of Harold, the Illegitimate Son of God as well as the novel Marshall Hollenzer is Driving and the short story collection How Best to Avoid Dying. He is also an accomplished screenplay writer and commentator for NPR affiliated stations. He is also the co-creator of the award winning comedy hit The Sinus Show which performed for six years at the Alamo Drafthouse Theater, and for several years Egerton was the artistic director of Austin’s National Comedy Theatre. His writing has been featured in Puerto del Sol, Killing the Buddha, Tiferet, Word Riot, and several other magazines and literary journals. Egerton earned a MFA in Creative Writing from Texas State University in 2005. He currently lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and two children.

Reviews

[Rob Saucedo · Rating 5 out of 5]

I finished (and absolutely loved) Owen Egerton’s MARSHALL HOLLENZER IS DRIVING. A sprawling but beautifully intimate series of character portraits centered around an exploration of faith. Like if Daniel Clowes did Chicken Soup for the Soul.

Seek out this great novel from ‘00.

[Rob · Rating 3 out of 5]

Finished this a few weeks ago but kept forgetting to write about it here. This book was a fast read, but I didn't really connect with any of the characters and had a hard time reconciling the ending. I've now read all three of Owen's books, and I think reading this one last (the first one published) mostly served to show me how fast and how much he's growing as a writer... even if I wasn't crazy about this one, I'm still eager to read whatever else he puts out.

[Matt · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are three stories here, sadly I must say only one of them was compelling at all. The two other stories consisted of a sloppy mid life crisis and a sappy love story. The book has all the stories collied at some point, unfortunately I was bored as could be by that time. It pains me to say this because everything post this book by Owen E. I have loved, but this. Wow, I just couldn't feel it.