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Jack & Susan in 1913
Jack Susan in 1913
Author: Michael McDowell
I tried posting this by the ISBN number, but it came up as Jack & Susan in 1933 which is a different book. The back cover reads: 1913 - Year of Dreams! Jack Beaumont and Susan Bright were two young people about to make their way into that flickering new art form, the movies, but little did they know that the way west was paved with crookedness ...  more »
ISBN: 131443
Publication Date: 4/1986
Pages: 278
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Publisher: Ballantine
Book Type: Paperback
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Some of McDowell's books are among my favorites, especially The Elementals, Blackwater and Cold Moon Over Babylon. This, however, was a great disappointment.

Although not the first in his planned series of Jack and Susan books, I began with this since it was the earliest in terms of when the story happens. I found most of the plot preposterous and thought no one has a mouth wide enough to get that much of a tongue into a cheek.

I thought Susan was an ass, and the whole thing was like a burlesque skit -- possibly that was what McDowell had in mind. If so, he succeeded, but I expected more depth and less craziness.


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