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The Rabbit Factory
The Rabbit Factory
Author: Larry Brown
In an ambitious narrative structure reminiscent of Robert Altman's classic film Nashville, Larry Brown weaves together the stories of a sprawling cast of eccentric and lovable characters, each embarked on a quest for meaning, fulfillment, and love -- with poignant and uproarious results. — Set in Memphis and North Mississippi, The R...  more » follows the colliding lives of, among others, Arthur, an older, socially ill-at-ease man of considerable wealth married to the much younger Helen, whose desperate need for satisfaction sweeps her into the arms of other men; Eric, who has run away from home thinking his father doesn't want him and becomes Arthur's unlikely surrogate son; and Anjalee, a big-hearted prostitute with her own set of troubles who crashes into the lives of the others like a one-woman hurricane.

Teeming with pitch-perfect creations that include quirky gangsters, colorful locals, seemingly straitlaced professors, and fast-and-loose police officers, Brown's spellbinding and often hilarious story is about the botched choices and missed chances that separate people -- and the tenuous threads of love and coincidence that connect them. With all the subtlety and surprise of life itself, the story turns on a dime from comical to violent to moving.
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ISBN-13: 9780743245241
ISBN-10: 0743245245
Publication Date: 8/24/2004
Pages: 352
Rating:
  • Currently 2.1/5 Stars.
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2.1 stars, based on 8 ratings
Publisher: Touchstone
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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Helpful Score: 3
Though I did not like this as much as the magnificent "Fay", it was still a good, dark, action-packed novel filled with a gallery of flawed characters, including a philandering wife, a dangerous con, an even more dangerous rogue cop, and an aimless prostitute. All are loosely connected in a series of vignettes. A good read!
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