Tag: Jonathan Tropper

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I need the magic of a burning kiss (This Is Where I Leave You, 2012)

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The other day, I mentioned Bush Falls/The Book of Joe (still no clue whether it’s the exact same book or not ; update: apparently the former is the UK title, which does not explain at all why such title was needed) today I think worth telling that I’ve just finished This Is Where I Leave  You, the latest Jonathan Tropper’s work. If I had to evaluate it, I would dare to say it is one of my all-time favorites books. Yeah, right, I know the future, at least mine. But, no, I won’t evaluate it and won’t say too much … Continue reading I need the magic of a burning kiss (This Is Where I Leave You, 2012)

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But then we smiled no more (Young Adult, 2011)

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How much Young Adult reminds me of Jonathan Tropper’s Bush Falls (side question: what’s the difference with The Book of Joe?) somehow disturbs me: you have the narrator, now big time book author, that returns back to its small hometown, where he meets his first and only love, lost memories, along with a somehow gay and ill friendly character that, obviously, have a hard time finding its own right place there. But Young Adult Mavis Gary is no Bush Falls Joe Goffman and she just seems overly self-absorbed. The childhood love she’s trying to revive is not even big enough … Continue reading But then we smiled no more (Young Adult, 2011)

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Dad’s gonna kill me (Le voyage en Italie 1 & 2, 1988)

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I don’t know whether it’s the booze or somethin’ else but Cosey’s Le voyage en Italie got me wondering and wandering the other day. I own this comic since 2002, as the sticker on the front cover “Prix de lancement, 36,08 F, valable jusqu’au 30 juin 2002” suggests but almost forgot about it since then. The story depicts a couple of guys that went to ‘Nam like others are going to ‘Dad nowadays, how they cope about it afterwards. But it’s no Rambo story, there’s love involved too, thoughts about paternity (both ways, inheritance and passing over), trust and all … Continue reading Dad’s gonna kill me (Le voyage en Italie 1 & 2, 1988)