hi postpaleo, trying to set the café on fire?
(richie you might try to select the books you suggest a bit next time
)
Please don't burn the Cafe, instead burn the peddlers of what passes for Pop Culture (read:
these days.
If you have just about had it with "pop-culture" and are tired of seeing your favorite
bookstores being gobbled up by Memoirs, Autobiographies, and other self aggrandizing
nonsense, you might want to check this out:
Quote:
From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. Clarke's fourth book (after the story collection Carrying the Torch) is the delightfully dark story of Sam Pulsifer, the accidental arsonist and murderer narrator who leads readers through a multilayered, flame-filled adventure about literature, lies, love and life. Growing up in Amherst, Mass., with an editor for a father and an English teacher for a mother, Sam was fed endless stories that fueled (literally and figuratively) the rest of his life. Thus, the blurred boundaries between fact and fiction, story and reality become the landscape for amusing and provocative adventures that begin when, at age 18, Sam accidentally torches the Emily Dickinson Homestead, killing two people. After serving 10 years, Sam tries to distance himself from his past through college, employment, marriage and fatherhood, but he eventually winds up back in his parents' home, separated from his wife and jobless. When more literary landmarks go up in flames, Sam is the likely suspect, and his determination to find the actual arsonist uncovers family secrets and more than a bit about human nature. Sam is equal parts fall guy and tour guide in this bighearted and wily jolt to the American literary legacy. (Sept.)
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More reviews on the Amazon.com page. Looks like a good one.****
If you are referring to pyro-chemical How-To you might want to check out this PDF site:
-Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader but I think most of us have that already.