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Englishman Nicholas Kraven journeys to America to search for intellectual and sexual stimulation amid the colorful, urbane world of New York academe
272 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1996
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October 17, 2021Das dritte Buch in Folge, das ich abbreche ...
Die Handlung wirkt zu konstruiert, die literarischen Verweise zu gewollt, die Klischees zu dick aufgetragen und - was am schlimmsten ist - der Protagonist ist mir so unsympathisch, dass ich keine weiteren zehn Seiten über ihn lesen möchte.
Der nachträglich zu Rate gezogen Klappentext spricht von einer Satire auf den Unibetrieb. Aha. Muss es dabei immer um "alte weiße Männer" in der Midlife Crisis und schrägen Sex gehen?
Will ich nicht, brauch ich nicht, danke für den Platz im Regal.
Die Handlung wirkt zu konstruiert, die literarischen Verweise zu gewollt, die Klischees zu dick aufgetragen und - was am schlimmsten ist - der Protagonist ist mir so unsympathisch, dass ich keine weiteren zehn Seiten über ihn lesen möchte.
Der nachträglich zu Rate gezogen Klappentext spricht von einer Satire auf den Unibetrieb. Aha. Muss es dabei immer um "alte weiße Männer" in der Midlife Crisis und schrägen Sex gehen?
Will ich nicht, brauch ich nicht, danke für den Platz im Regal.
August 28, 2008
In Alan Isler's second novel he continues a few trends from his first, [The Prince of West End Avenue]. The protagonist is a professor of literature and is teaching a class on Shakespeare when we meet him as an adult. He comes from a family of European Jews and is living in America. However, while the senior citizens of [The Prince of West End Avenue] seem to merely dabble in the petty and the vulgar, Nicholas Kraven resides there 100% of the time.
He's a character who some might find difficult to like -- rakish, amoral, sexually predatory, a compulsive and extravagant liar. The intricate plotting (there are many artfully arranged coincidences in the story) is fun, albeit sometimes difficult, to follow, and many characters are somewhat endearing in how over-the-top they become. Isler's sense of humor is what ultimately kept me reading, but I found it very difficult to care about these characters whenever he introduced more serious shades to the plot.
He's a character who some might find difficult to like -- rakish, amoral, sexually predatory, a compulsive and extravagant liar. The intricate plotting (there are many artfully arranged coincidences in the story) is fun, albeit sometimes difficult, to follow, and many characters are somewhat endearing in how over-the-top they become. Isler's sense of humor is what ultimately kept me reading, but I found it very difficult to care about these characters whenever he introduced more serious shades to the plot.
September 21, 2025
Divertido. Me gusta la temática de literatos flipados académicos: clases donde se interpreta a Shakespeare, guateques con personajes histriónicos y todo el batiburrillo de caracteres yankees. La relevancia de la familia judía sirve para darle relevancia a la propia familia como nexo de unión. Sin más.
November 11, 2016
Comical and confusing
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