Posted by beardedlady on April 1, 2003, at 11:39:50
In reply to Middlesex - Beardy, posted by NikkiT2 on April 1, 2003, at 8:43:49
Eek. I got it in October, so mine is hardback. House of Sand and Fog, which is almost as good, is paper. Maybe you can find that if the book you bought doesn't work out? I'm dying to chat about it.
It Dubus's novel, there a man from Iran who works for the sanitation department. In Iran, though, he was a respected and well paid military man. So he dresses in a suit every day and changes into the bright highway maintenance suit in the lobby or elevator of the apartment building, so his family doesn't know he's picking up trash. It's such an incredible detail that makes this man come alive.
O.K. Enjoy your new book!
beardy : )>
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