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Starting Out in the Evening
Starting Out in the Evening
Author: Brian Morton
Leonard Schiller is a novelist in his seventies, a second-string but respectable talent who produced only a small handful of books. Heather Wolfe is an attractive graduate student in her twenties. She read Schiller?s novels when she was growing up and they changed her life. When the ambitious Heather decides to write her master?s thesis about Sc...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780156033411
ISBN-10: 0156033410
Publication Date: 10/1/2007
Pages: 336
Edition: Reprint
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3 stars, based on 15 ratings
Publisher: Harvest Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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tracymar avatar reviewed Starting Out in the Evening on + 408 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
I read this novel after watching the excellent film (a kind of reverse Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont) and was so impressed I afterwards read every other book by Brian Morton (This is the best). I am currently writing a novel, and learned more about effective fiction writing reading this book than I did from any fiction how-to book. It is a marvelous read - and Morton is a master of language. I read at least 50 quality novels a year and this one is definitely in my top 5%.
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Helpful Score: 3
I found this book to be a very quick read. The character development was amazing, but I could not really identify with any single character. The book did not end at all like I expected it to - it is almost like the last chapter is missing - only to be filled in by your imagination.

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An elegant and curious book. Unique in the character study and plot.


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