We get the idea early on from the first person narration that while Joe People like Joe and trust him to help find them a nice place to live. Joe Stratford, is a likable small time Realtor in a small time town. Good Faith is no different, with the plot unfoldingĪs a result of a specific and well-described time and place, a small New Her characters and plot always seem to derive themselves from the meticulously Of Lidie Newton), the world of horse racing ( Horse Heaven),Īnd a large land grant university ( Moo). Others haveīeen set in antebellum Kansas ( The All-True Travels and Adventures Her most famous work is perhaps A ThousandĪcres, the Pulitzer Prize winning retelling of King Lear. This, her 12th, tells the story of a NewĮngland man overtaken by greed. Jane Smiley's latest novel, Good Faith tells the tale of those whose tastes ran more to WallĪtwood and Ann Patchett who is not content to sit back and write the Shaper Hair Spray but in dollars and cents.
To others, the excesses of the '80s played out not in cans of Sebastian The Talking Heads played on our local "oldies" station. To hear my former favorites (yes, I'll admit it) Duran Duran and It'sĪ bit disconcerting to someone who graduated from high school in 1984 People over the age of 30 remember the '80s for its excesses, including,īut not limited to, really big hair and really synthesized music.
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