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An Evening Performance
Book by Garrett, George P.
- GenresShort Stories
518 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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About the author
George Garrett
107 books13 followers(For the British short story writer, playwright, and political activist see George Garrett)
George Palmer Garrett was an American poet and novelist. He was the Poet Laureate of Virginia from 2002 to 2006. His novels include The Finished Man, Double Vision, and the Elizabethan Trilogy, composed of Death of the Fox, The Succession, and Entered from the Sun. He worked as a book reviewer and screenwriter, and taught at Cambridge University and, for many years, at the University of Virginia. He is the subject of critical books by R. H. W. Dillard, Casey Clabough, and Irving Malin.
George Palmer Garrett was an American poet and novelist. He was the Poet Laureate of Virginia from 2002 to 2006. His novels include The Finished Man, Double Vision, and the Elizabethan Trilogy, composed of Death of the Fox, The Succession, and Entered from the Sun. He worked as a book reviewer and screenwriter, and taught at Cambridge University and, for many years, at the University of Virginia. He is the subject of critical books by R. H. W. Dillard, Casey Clabough, and Irving Malin.
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October 24, 2012
I gave this wonderful (and large) collection of stories away as I was packing for one of my many moves. I've often wished I hadn't. All the same, I'm slightly consoled by the knowledge that the person I gave it to has enjoyed it about as much as I did.
May 27, 2023
"An Evening Performance": 3
- An ignominious start. This is the danger with trolling the decades-old mid-list, that you’ll come across far more Saturday Evening Post fluff, then even a mediocre grasping toward writerly stuff. Here, it’s a small town, Southern tale, with a small-minded, southern turn, told, on top of it, with the treacly faux distance of sentimentality run amok. Story: some itinerant circus folk come to town, and pull off a tough stunt, although none are too satisfied.
"King of the Mountain": 7.75
- More enigmatic, this one — in which the situation, as topical as they come for a certain superficially “liberal” minded southern moderate in 1958 (so no points there, bear in mind), presents itself as a do-gooder peon, up winds up with a bit more roughness on its edges, not that it’s that much, mind you. In the telling, however, we are not too far from the mainline of the day. STORY: boy reflects on his father, a depression-era small Florida town lawyer, battling against the local KKK powers that be after getting beat up.
- An ignominious start. This is the danger with trolling the decades-old mid-list, that you’ll come across far more Saturday Evening Post fluff, then even a mediocre grasping toward writerly stuff. Here, it’s a small town, Southern tale, with a small-minded, southern turn, told, on top of it, with the treacly faux distance of sentimentality run amok. Story: some itinerant circus folk come to town, and pull off a tough stunt, although none are too satisfied.
"King of the Mountain": 7.75
- More enigmatic, this one — in which the situation, as topical as they come for a certain superficially “liberal” minded southern moderate in 1958 (so no points there, bear in mind), presents itself as a do-gooder peon, up winds up with a bit more roughness on its edges, not that it’s that much, mind you. In the telling, however, we are not too far from the mainline of the day. STORY: boy reflects on his father, a depression-era small Florida town lawyer, battling against the local KKK powers that be after getting beat up.
April 22, 2009
George Garrett was a gifted storyteller. His tales reach up out of the page and draw your attention. A fabulous variety of characters including some fully realized females.
April 20, 2013
Superb volume full of unforgettable stories. Garrett was one of our very best writers. Not to be missed.
August 7, 2017
I should have reviewed right after reading. I know I enjoyed these short stories, but can not tell you why.
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