Saturday, April 2, 2016
Twain and Stanley Enter Paradise by Oscar Hijuelos
At
first the book starts kind of slow, hard to follow the story line, but you keep
on reading because of Hijuelos great prose and grasp of character development.
Then you get hooked on the relationship between Twain and Stanley, which is
what the story is about. Not really a biography but a study on these two men
who eventually fall for the same woman. Victorian mores what they are they take
their time in revealing their feelings. But what really got me was the
underlying secret that is revealed at the end. I researched the men's stories
and it is true. Even though Hijuelos story is fiction it is based on fact. It
is a darn shame that Oscar has passed and we will not get that blockbuster
novel that he was capable of writing. In this work he shows his skill and
credentials that will someday make him a candidate for the Novel prize in
Literature.
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