Robert M. (shotokanchef) reviewed on 6/19/2012 + 813 more book reviews

Liz evidently has a penchant for shootings and suicides. They play several roles in these vignettes about a neurotic small town in Maine; not your average Winesburg, OH. Henry (Olives hubby) is a pharmacist. (How boring is that?) See Henry sell drugs. Olive is a math teacher. (How boring is that?) See Olive nag Henry. See Olive stick her nose into everyones business. Briefly, Olive is an angry, cynical Mrs. Miniver. Much of the action is about other people in the community; Olive only has passing mention in some of these stand-alone stories, yet together they paint a picture of the town. She has transferred Hamilton Bassos Pompeys Head to the shores of Maine. Be prepared to interpolate as none of these stories have a definitive ending.

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