Plainsong

Kent Haruf

Bought on the strength of a Guardian review. Caroline enjoyed this but it was not as good as implied either by the review or by Roddy Doyle's cover copy. Several parallel stories, all very believable, from small town and rural America.
Caroline 23/09/01

Very average. Nice story, moves along well, has a pleasant ending (unusual these days), but a lot missing with stereotypical characters. About small town America, a familiar theme, why does this get written about so much?
Gavin 28/10/01

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