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They Whisper
They Whisper
Author: Robert Olen Butler
Pulitzer recipient Butler's lyrical novel in which a 35-year-old man, Ira Holloway, whose memories and thoughts of women in his life--from childhood moments and his time in Vietnam, to his present life and what might be--fall between dreams and reality. A recounting of a succession of erotic affairs.
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ISBN-13: 9780805019858
ISBN-10: 0805019855
Publication Date: 1/1994
Pages: 333
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  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
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3.2 stars, based on 11 ratings
Publisher: Henry Holt
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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jrenee avatar reviewed They Whisper on + 10 more book reviews
Been a while since I read this one but I remember being impressed (positively I mean). I think it's the only book other than A Man in Full (Tom Wolfe) that I've read which was so thoroughly from a male's perspective. It was well-written, sensitive and intelligent and felt that I understood him and respected him, even though his focus was always sexual/erotic... male, remember. I almost wouldn't call this a novel, it's more like a view of life from the inside of this man's head.


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