five-cent review #2
(reviews in five sentences or less)
J.R. Moehringer’s memoir The Tender Bar
Boy with a bar for a father. Time and drinks pass like water. Scores of memorable lines such as: “A man with a forehead so large and blank that I felt an urge to write something on it...” Vivid metaphors do most of the work. Joseph Mitchell should smile.
J.R. Moehringer’s memoir The Tender Bar
Boy with a bar for a father. Time and drinks pass like water. Scores of memorable lines such as: “A man with a forehead so large and blank that I felt an urge to write something on it...” Vivid metaphors do most of the work. Joseph Mitchell should smile.
posted by caleb d. at 4:23 PM
3 Comments:
"Vivid metaphors do most of the work"
Great Line.
thanks, cap; have you read the book? here's a link to Moehringer's pulitzer-prize-winning article (LA Times) if you're interested:
http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2000/feature-writing/works/
I too named characters growing up my first crush was Petunia, he weekly stopped in the flower bed prior to driving home for a nap.
omnipresent empty souls can somehow fill a child with hope and security.
Rebecca H
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