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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Walking Across Egypt (1987)
Walking Across Egypt is my first 2008 re-read and I am relieved to report that it was even funnier and more touching this second time around than it was when I first read it in the late eighties. That might very well be because I opted for the excellently “performed” audio version of the book this time rather than the printed version. I suppose I will never really know for sure. But one thing that I do know is that Norman Dietz, the book’s reader, created such a perfect voice and delivery for Mattie Rigsbee, the story’s 78-year-old main character, that he had me laughing out loud at Clyde Edgerton’s dialogue on a regular basis.
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I read this last year and enjoyed it very much. Mattie reminded me so much of my own grandmother. Great review!
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Did I read this...it seems familiar! If I can't remember, would it count as a reread?
ReplyDeleteSounds like another one to reserve. Off to the library to do just that.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great book. I also loved Raney by Edgerton. If you haven't read it, I recommend it. It is about a couple's rocky first year of marriage.
ReplyDeleteCurses! Another book I must add to my Read list.
ReplyDelete3M, I would love to have had a feisty grandmother like Mattie...she did remind me a lot of my wife's grandmother, who was also named "Mattie," by the way.
ReplyDeleteBybee, I'm not real sure it it would qualify as a re-read or not...seems like you'd have to remember at least a little something from the first time around in order to qualify it. :-)
ReplyDeleteElizabeth/Carrie, I hope that this one will touch you as much as it did me...Edgerton is just a terrific author.
ReplyDeleteI've read "Rainey," Lisa, and really liked it. I picked up an early first edition copy of that little book when it first came out...it's cover price was $12.95...recently saw a mint copy like mine advertised for $400. It was his first book and must have had a low first printing.
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