· RAY By Barry Hannah. pp. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. $ LET'S be up front here: The reviewer's job is to provide a no-nonsense account of the work at hand - . Barry Hannah () was the author of twelve books: Geronimo Rex, Airships, Ray, The Tennis Handsome, Nightwatchmen, Captain Maximus, Hey Jack, Boomerang, Never Die, Bats Out of Hell, High Lonesome and Yonder Stands Your Orphan. His work was published in The New Yorker, Esquire, Harper’s, The Southern Review, The Oxford American, Gulf Coast Review, and many other . This is Barry Hannah's finest book, which is not saying a lot by itself. Much of his other work is drafty, self-absorbed, and worse -- boring. Ray is none of those things. Ray is short and interesting. It is written so well that it leaves you wishing that you could read the lines unwritten between sentenses.5/5(5).
RAY By Barry Hannah. pp. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. $ LET'S be up front here: The reviewer's job is to provide a no-nonsense account of the work at hand - something about form and content. Ray | "A shorthand epic of extraordinary power A novel of brilliant particulars and dizzying juxtapositions" from the acclaimed southern author of Geronimo Rex (Newsweek). Nominated for the American Book Award, Ray is the bizarre, hilarious, and consistently adventurous story of a life on the edge. Learn more about Barry Hannah. Browse Barry Hannah's best-selling audiobooks and newest titles. Discover more authors you'll love listening to on Audible.
Barry Hannah () was the author of twelve books: Geronimo Rex, Airships, Ray, The Tennis Handsome, Nightwatchmen, Captain Maximus, Hey Jack, Boomerang, Never Die, Bats Out of Hell, High Lonesome and Yonder Stands Your Orphan. His work was published in The New Yorker, Esquire, Harper’s, The Southern Review, The Oxford American, Gulf Coast Review, and many other magazines. This is Barry Hannah's finest book, which is not saying a lot by itself. Much of his other work is drafty, self-absorbed, and worse -- boring. Ray is none of those things. Ray is short and interesting. It is written so well that it leaves you wishing that you could read the lines unwritten between sentenses. Overview. Nominated for the American Book Award, Ray is the bizarre, hilarious, and consistently adventurous story of a life on the edge. Dr. Ray—a womanizer, small-town drunk, vigilante, poet, adoring husband—is a man trying to make sense of life in the twentieth century.
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