Book Description
From one of Turkey's most acclaimed and outspoken writers, a novel about the tangled histories of two families
In her second novel written in English, Elif Shafak confronts her country's violent past in a vivid and colorful tale set in both Turkey and the United States. At its center is the “bastard” of the title, Asya, a nineteen-year-old woman who loves Johnny Cash and the French Existentialists, and the four sisters of the Kazanci family who all live together in an extended household in Istanbul: Zehila, the zestful, headstrong youngest sister who runs a tattoo parlor and is Asya's mother; Banu, who has newly discovered herself as a clairvoyant; Cevriye, a widowed high school teacher; and Feride, a hypochondriac obsessed with impending disaster. Their one estranged brother lives in Arizona with his wife and her Armenian daughter, Armanoush. When Armanoush secretly flies to Istanbul in search of her identity, she finds the Kazanci sisters and becomes fast friends with Asya. A secret is uncovered that links the two families and ties them to the 1915 Armenian deportations and massacres. Full of vigorous, unforgettable female characters, The Bastard of Istanbul is a bold, powerful tale that will confirm Shafak as a rising star of international fiction.
Customer Reviews:
Easy way home.......2007-08-07
I have read another book by E Shafak - The Flea Palace - which I liked better. This one has some unanswered issues that were disapointing, although the armenian genocide is well displayed. It was was unclear to me the way characters react and interact and I found hard to believe the links between them. Maybe the approach is TOO North American for my taste, although the book is well written and is always a great pleasure to "travel" to Istanbul under any excuse.
'The past is anything but bygone'.......2007-08-03
This novel caught my attention because of media coverage. It kept my attention because of the characters and the way the story developed.
For me, the central theme of the novel was interpretation and denial of truth. We see how, over time, facts can be distorted and reinterpreted, or just denied. All of this is in the much broader context of the treatment of the Armenians in 1915 - which resulted in Ms Shafak being accused of 'insulting Turkishness'.
You can - if you choose - ignore the politics and be swept up by the wonderfully idiosyncratic characters. The narrative style meanders through the lives of the characters sometimes avoiding aspects that might seem important to the reader in favour of details that appear incidental.
Still, each of the main characters (particularly the women in Istanbul)and to a lesser extent the family in the USA keep the story moving. Who can resist the notion of using Auntie Feride's hair colour as a guide to her insanity? Or Auntie Banu's relationship with her djinns? The younger women: Asya and Armanoush are not, in my view, as well developed but perhaps that is for other reasons.
The result is an interesting story built on shared but contested history. Ultimately, as in all struggles, there are 'winners' and 'losers'.
Recommended.
Jennifer Cameron-Smith
a timely story.......2007-07-14
Despite the somewhat clunky prose (you can tell English isn't the author's first language), I loved the book. Having lived in Istanbul for four years, I felt Shafak accurately captured some of the tensions involved in being a modern urban Turk burdened by the nation's history and geography, and managed a very difficult (but important) topic with great sensitivity and fairness. Highly recommended.
A GOOD INSIGHT INTO ARMENIAN-TURKISH RIFT.......2007-07-07
I BOUGHT THIS TO LEARN ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ARMENIANS AND THE TURKS. I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE SIMILIARITIES. VERY WELL WRITTEN. I ANTICIPATED A SURPRISE ENDING BUT DID NOT FIGURE IT OUT. AN EXCELLENT NOVEL WITH A SETTING UNFAMILIAR TO AMERICANS
A novel of lovers in Turkey.......2007-05-30
Any review of Elif Shafak's latest novel, THE BASTARD OF ISTANBUL, is sure to mention the surrounding controversy. When the book was published last year in Turkey, Shafak ended up facing a prison sentence because of what her fictional characters say about the massacre of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire, a tragedy not officially recognized by the Turkish government. This drama could overshadow the book itself, but instead it should contribute to the poignancy of the story.
The titular bastard is Asya Kazanci, a young woman living in Istanbul in a house of eccentric and loving women. Asya is rebellious, even though her "aunties" are fairly tolerant. She is obsessed with the music of Johnny Cash, smokes cigarettes behind her family's back, and ditches the ballet lessons they pay for so that she can sit and drink in a cafe with a bunch of world-weary existentialists. Asya's rebellion is inherited from her mother, the stunning "auntie" Zeliha who had Asya when she was just 19 and now runs a tattoo parlor catering to the artistic and secular of Istanbul. Shafak suggests that Asya's rebellion is part of being an Istanbulite, and the city itself is a major character in the novel. Zeliha has never revealed the name of Asya's father, and much of Asya's identity is tied up in her being a "bastard." But her identity as a woman, as a Turk and as a daughter of Istanbul will be challenged when a bold Armenian American woman arrives on her doorstep.
Armanoush Tchakhmakhchian is a college student in Arizona. Raised between her Armenian family in San Francisco and her mother and Turkish stepfather in Tucson, she, like Asya, struggles with identity. She feels deeply connected to her Armenian ancestry and is often ashamed of the fact that her mother married a Turk, Mustafa, after she and Armanoush's father divorced. She decides that a trip to Istanbul, to explore her family's past and to reconcile her feelings for Turkey, will allow her to move on with her life and sort through some of her confusion. She decides to stay with Mustafa's family in Istanbul, and Mustafa's niece happens to be Asya.
When Asya and Armanoush meet, they each begin to sort out their personal, national and ethnic identities, and uncover several family secrets.
THE BASTARD OF ISTANBUL is both funny and sad. Shafak's prose, although sometimes heavy-handed, conveys the spirit of both young women and the city that connects them. Readers feel for the characters who, often kooky, seem quite real (and mostly likable). The violence against the Armenians is addressed with respect and without being preachy. It is only sentences such as this that can slow the story down: "If there is an eye in the seventh sky, a Celestial Gaze watching each and every one from way up high, He would have had to keep Istanbul under surveillance for quite some time to get a sense of who did what behind closed doors and who, if any, uttered profanities."
Shafak nicely blends realism with a touch of the supernatural and mystical for an enjoyable and subtly thought-provoking read. She evokes the sights, sounds, smells and especially the tastes of Istanbul; her portrait of the city is at once romantic and brutally honest. It soon becomes clear that, despite the title, Asya is not really the central character. The story focuses on the relationship between Asya and Armanoush as each tries to negotiate a partially concealed past and an unknown future. This allows the unfolding of the stories of the two families, the Tchakmakhchains and the Kazancis, and how they are deeply connected. By the end of the novel, family secrets are revealed, and while the characters learn much, Shafak allows them to maintain certain notions and prejudices even as she attempts to strip them from her readers.
In the end, despite some problems with the prose, THE BASTARD OF ISTANBUL is an interesting book from a young novelist who already has made her mark in world literature and deserves to be read apart from the surrounding controversy.
--- Reviewed by Sarah Rachel Egelman
Customer Reviews:
Juicy.......2007-06-18
I bought this book in 1997, 10 years ago, and it was already 5 years old. It was enjoyable but a slog to get through and not all was retained in my head at the end of the read. I was left tired and I moved on. The true value of the book, however, became apparent as the years passed - every re-read of portions gave pleasure through forgotten information freshly revealed, or insights put forth in the book that have finally sunk in, or new color/nuance to previously remembered arguments. I also bought one other, more recent, book of his, "On Equilibrium", and it complements "Voltaire's Bastards" nicely. The intervening years continue to demonstrate the validity of many arguments in the book, thus getting closer to the definition of a 'classic'. One of my best book purchases.
Not quite as dense as some might insist..........2007-04-17
Few books that are truly worth reading make for an easy read, and this is certainly the case with Voltaire's Bastards. Other reviewers have complained of Saul's density and have even accused him of dull, poor writing. Don't be fooled by such baseless nonsense. Saul is actually an excellent writer. He beautifully elucidates the finer, invariably ignored philosophical points of our modern political culture (which seeps through into every stratum of our lives) with grace and ease. The "density" arises when he undertakes historical narratives which lend credence to the points he makes. I'll agree that this can often make for slow, dry reading. However, his astute commentary on the modern "theology" of reason, power, secrecy, language and bureacracy more than compensate for such shortcomings. If you've ever felt inexplicably frustrated by what seems to be an amputated, purely rationalist, beady-eyed approach to politics, culture and knowledge in general, then the ideas presented within this book will likely excite you as much as they excited me.
Mixed feelings.......2006-12-31
Much has been said amongst the other reviews about the seemingly incoherent, diatribal and drawn-out nature of Saul's book. And I agree. It's far from being a masterpiece in the larger sense of the world. What's brilliant about this book is not how right the author is but how wrong (often infuratingly so!) he is. Because I found that I've learnt more from this book, including the wrong parts than I have from many books that were more coherent or right. Unfortunately this does not seem to be Saul's aim.
He begins with section 1 called "Argument". However it read like a bunch of generalisations and sweeping statements without much argument. What he seems to be saying is this: that the concept of reason has been hijacked in the last century of public life in the west. That it has come to mean a bureaucratic, elitist, undemocratic, secretive, closed approach that also refuses to take into account the realities of life. That this style of reason is fanatical in that insisting that it is always right as a dogma. And finally, that it has been the result of untold amounts of suffering because it proclaims itself as a moral system, whereas it's only a system of management. Because of this, it can and is used to inhuman ends because it is itself devoid of any values.
All this I largely agree with. Especially in terms of the last point about reason being amoral you only need to read some Hume. However this exposition of his argument comes only from his second section, where he actually gives some concrete examples. The second section is largely a diatribe that attempts to apply these arguments to concrete historical examples. I think this is the strongest section of the book in that it is actually about something. The third section is some musings on art, individualism etc. much of which was entirely disagreeable.
What then are the strengths of the book? It is a hodge-podge that speaks of everything under the sun and often misses as a result. But by speaking about everything Saul successfully expresses the extent to which things are a problem. If he were more methodical one could claim that such-and-such and such-and-such institution is broken. However this book has convinced me that the world is much more broken than even I previously thought. He just could have done it in a third of the word count. I would definitely recommend the book but not as some incredible analysis but rather as something that will provoke and engage almost every reader. It seems paradoxical but in the chaos that is criticised by so many, Saul makes some surprising observations that would have been missed if he was more careful.
My new bible.......2006-09-24
Some books are to be read once. Others, like this one are to be read many times.
I could have given it 4 stars, because there are places that are dry and repetetive. In those places, I would turn the pages.
Places like the evolution of the purpose of art, beginning with religious motivation and moving into art, for art's sake. I didn't care though.
The fact is, the details JRS includes are things I have never heard before and they are what makes this book a MUST HAVE.
"Jefferson, founder and patron of the University of Virginia, never allowed his university to give degrees. He considered them pretentious, irrelevant to learning and unconnected to the preparation for responsiblity. This wasn't idealism. It was the opinion of the most successful practitioner of reason. The purpose of universities has now been inverted. Learning has become a goal-oriented process aimed at winning a degree."
"Modern wine tends to be filled with sulfur, chemical stabilizers, fungicides, beet sugar and alcohol additives. These elements, not grape alcohol, are the cause of most hangovers. Contemporary wine doesn't taste anything like Henry IV's Nuit St. Georges. It is forced, matures quicker and dies faster. Like nuclear reactors, modern wine is part of the secretive promise of our society.
truly "a hand grenade disguised as a book"!.......2006-05-02
If you want to understand the world we live, then read this book. It's message is liberating. It is totally on the mark. It was published in 1992, but it fully explains everything that has happened since then. The author is brilliant. It's a citizen's survival guide to the 21st century. The book is very dense so don't expect a lazy, breezy read.
Customer Reviews:
Emotional, Like Toni Morrison's Characters.......2007-05-10
Read this true-to-life story of survival, and see how awareness can build hope. The feelings you'll get reading about these characters are reminiscent of reading Toni Morrison
A good read.......2007-04-11
I wanted to read this book because I saw the movie a long time ago and it was quite good. The book was very interesting. I didn't like the ending too much but not all stories have a happy ending.
Wonderfully Moving.......2007-03-06
Wonderful book. It's a moving story because it's so well written. Really. It's great.
Bastard out of Carolina.......2007-02-21
This story is so very, very sad. It is very well written and the characters are so well developed that they leap right off of the pages. Difficult at times because of the subject matter but a true story of survival. Well worth all of its critical acclaim.
Not to be missed.......2006-11-13
This author should be required reading in colleges and universities, and I would say High Schools. Awareness can give those who suffer hope, give understanding of true suffering and strength to outsiders, and perhaps shame those would hurt the defenseless. I can not say enough good things about this intense novel.
I bought this book because the author's books `Skin' and `Trash' are spotlighted in the anthologies `Courting Pleasure' and `Lovers: love and sex stories' by Tee A. Corinne. I enjoyed them both tremendously and sought out this book.
From the back of the book - Greenville County, South Carolina, a wild, lush place, is home to the Boatwright family--rough-hewn men who drink hard and shoot up each other's trucks, and indomitable women who marry young and age all too quickly. At the heart of this astonishing novel is Ruth Anne Boatwright, known simply as Bone, a South Carolina bastard with an annotated birth certificate to tell the tale. Observing everything with the mercilessly keen eye of a child, Bone finds herself caught in a family triangle that will test the loyalty of her mother, Anney. Her stepfather, Daddy Glen, calls Bone "cold as death, mean as a snake, and twice as twisty," yet Anney needs Glen. At first gentle with Bone, Daddy Glen becomes steadily colder and more furious--until their final, harrowing encounter, from which there can be no turning back.
Book Description
From the obvious to the obscure, the sophisticated to the sophomoric, this book catalogs the endless free opportunities available in the Big Apple, surprising visitors and natives alike.
Customer Reviews:
excellent purchase.......2007-03-09
This was a great purchase!! It came in good time. I'm not sure about the content because It was a present for a friend but she hasn't had any complaints so as far as i know excellent!!
A must for any visitor or new resident on a budget........2006-10-15
If ever there was a city where it pays to be cheap, it'd be in New York, one of the most expensive cities in the world - and from a native New Yorker comes a book which packs in over a thousand listings of free opportunities to be found there, from wine tastings and music to dance, games and fitness. From small clubs and select, limited events to low-rent, no-fee apartments, THE CHEAP BASTARD'S GUIDE TO NEW YORK CITY is a must for any visitor or new resident on a budget.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
Funny with GREAT Information.......2006-03-13
This book gives great info for the budget minded person who is planning a move to the Big Apple (me). It's written with a sense of humor. Very honest, good information!
Useful in parts, outdated phone numbers.......2005-10-28
I do not think I have ever returned a book after I bought it (grad school books don't fall in this category). But sadly, I had to return this book to Barnes and Nobel a week after I bought this particular book. The mistake was mine. I did not check to see when it was printed. The copy that I bought for close to $15 in Oct 2006 was printed in 2004...it was 2 years old! No wonder I did not find it useful. For starters, quite a few of the phone numbers were incorrect, and then from there things went downhill for me.
Two years ago, this must have been a useful book to have, but today with the Internet, and specifically Google a reader's patience and threshold for incorrect information is very low. And, I clearly fall in that category.
If you happen to see it in your local library or a book shop, do browse through it for there are useful nuggets of information to travel and live in the Big Apple.
Don't try this at home!.......2005-07-16
I grew up in New York. It really is, as Sinatra sings (he's still alive, ain't he?) 'a helluva town.' And for all the hype (See Lupica or Kornheiser on TV for more than 10 minutes - if you can) it's gutsy, gritty, dirty, hopeful, and alive. Certainly alive. It really is the best and worst of America. If Kerry had said to the New Yorkers "you are the heart and soul of America" I don't know if he would have won the election but he wouldn't have ticked off 1/2 the population as when he said it to an audience of 'Hollywood Insiders.'
But it's not for the weak of heart. It's like having a lifetime subscription to working out at Bally's with Cher and Nicole, and deciding to have 'a quick workout' at the Kronk Gym while visiting Detroit.
I love New York. But like all lopsided relationships, I also respect it. "Taking a walk in New York" (one of the sub chapters) is pretty cool but like all mammoth cities, a couple of blocks the wrong way and . . . .what did we call it in Vietnam . . . well. Forget what we called it. It could be a mistake.
Great book. Great city. Let me leave you with one thought, not to denigrate other cities. Do you remember the firemen pouring into WTC moments before they imploded? I do. With tears in my eyes. I don't know if that would have happened in a lot of other places. That's New York. Larry Scantlebury. 5 stars.
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The Ultimate HorrorscopeJoin the women around the world whose love lives have been transformed by the astro-guide that pulls no punches when it comes to the dark side of men and their star signs.Use it to.... -Deride, ridicule, and annoy the hell out of men - Speed up the dating process by using star sign elimination - Avoid dating complete scum - Keep current boyfriends/husbands in their places - Keep conversation going at dinner parties - And much, much more!Discover who you are destined not to date.... A match made in heaven or the relationship from hell?Find out which zodiac couplings are the least likely to result in derision, depression, divorce, or death! - Are you good enough for a LEO? - Can you put up with PISCES? - Will you get along with GEMINI? - Do you have the sills necessary to cope with VIRGO?Put yourself to the test with our 12 compatibility quizzes - each one carefully designed to ensure you know exactly which bastards to avoid in the future.Now men will cringe when you ask them what their star signs are!
Customer Reviews:
Absolutely hilarious!.......2007-06-16
This book is brilliant. It's smart, poignant, and utterly rediculous. I don't think this book is meant to be taken literally, and anyone who takes the content as fact will be sorely disappointed. It takes the negative personality aspects of every sign and turns them into comedic genius. I would recommend that you take it at face value as a fun bout of man-bashing with some star signs thrown in for good measure. I absolutely loved it, but it's not for the serious astrology reader, which is why the negative ratings amaze me. Anyone who picks up this book in the hopes of actually learning something is insane. This book is clearly meant for entertainment purposes only.
I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!.......2007-03-20
I love this book!! The only thing I regret is not buying it sooner. Its defently worth every penny!!!!
Very Informative Book.......2006-08-24
If you want to know the dirt about his star sign, this is the book for you. Very entertaining read. I laughed endlessly. Thanks Alele Lang.
I Can't Believe People Could Bag This Book!.......2006-04-09
This book is absolutely hilarious, and I've read a million astrology books...I can't believe people would trash it. These woman have a great sense of humor, and great writing ability. My favorite was the Hitler Taurus references, but it suited my Pisces boyfriend, soon to be ex, to a T as well. My best friend and I sat on the phone for an hour yesterday reading all the ones from our current relationship messes and our past relationship messes. None of the men I read it to think it's them...and I thought it was SO them! Great job ladies, and blow off anyone who thinks elsewise. I'm sure they couldn't write anything 1/10 as entertaining!
Bought for cover art.......2005-07-20
I really bought this book for the cover art to frame and hang in my library. But I did read through the book first, and it is not really a good or acurate astrology book. It is obviously written by a woman or women that have problems dating men and really really really hate men.
This is really just a humor book and should have been put in the humor section rather than the astrology section, but I am glad I found it, because the cover art makes a fantastic display!
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In a Sin City short story, "The Babe Wore Red," Frank Miller deviated from his stark black-and-white artwork by adding tiny bits of color throughout the story. The girl's dress was red, her lips were red--you get the picture. In That Yellow Bastard, the fourth Sin City graphic novel, Miller's experiment with yellow ink is also a tremendous success. The setup is simple. On the last day before he retires, Hartigan, an old cop, gets a call about an 11-year-old girl who has been kidnapped by a lunatic. Hartigan has got just one more thing to do before he retires: save the girl. Saving her is the easy part, because Hartigan has uncovered something really bad that is not going to stop until it catches up with him. That Yellow Bastard is nerve-racking to the very end.
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Just one hour to go. Hartigan's polishing his badge and working himself up to kissing it goodbye, it and the thirty-odd years of protecting and serving, tears, blood, and triumph that it represents. He's thinking about his wife's smile, about the thick, fat steaks she's picked up at the butcher's, about the bottle of champagne she's got packed in ice, about sleeping in 'til ten in the morning and spending sunny afternoons flat on his back. But with one hour left to go, he gets word about that one loose end he hasn't tied up: a young girl who's helpless in the hands of a drooling lunatic. Just one hour to go ... and Hartigan's gonna go out with a bang.
Customer Reviews:
Graphic SF Reader.......2007-09-03
A mostly honest cop close to retirement saves a young girl, foiling the plots of some crooked colleagues and other powerful men. He takes the torture, deprivation and long prison sentence to protect her, revelling in the letters she writes him.
They stop, he is let out. Finding the girl, he realises he has been played, and knows there is only one way to stop the little yellow bastard and company.
The Best........2007-07-19
Frank Miller's Sin City is paradise for noir fans, nothing can't happen in these graphic novels. "Walk down the right back alley in Sin City, and you can find anything." Book 4 of 7, That Yellow Bastard is a tale of bravery and sacrifice. It's my absolute favorite of all the Sin City books, Frank Miller's dark and extremely stylized way of telling this masterpiece is electrifying. The artwork is tip top, the writing is crisp and smooth, and the characterization is excellent. I hope you enjoy this amazing book!
A Very Good Cop in a Very Bad Town.......2007-07-15
A fan favorite due to the movie, John Hartigan is probably the most unusual character in the Sin City roster - an honest and honorable cop in a very corrupt and dishonest city. Not surprisingly, things do not go well for him. Betrayed by his partner and set up as the patsy for a heinous crime, he represent the epitome of honor as he quietly and passively accepts his fate in order to protect the innocent.
On the other side is Hartigan's polar opposite. The title character is probably the single most despicable character in the series who tortures little kids before killing them, uses family connections to get himself off while framing an innocent man. The great thing about this book is that it really presents the two extremes of humanity and puts them at crossing paths to each other.
The story has more sticking power than many of the others by Frank Miller. No doubt this is due to the ending, far more poignant than that of others. It is too bad that Miller did not continue with this story line in other volumes as there are enough loose ends here for a number of good stories. Perhaps, though, the ambiguity is part of the charm.
That "Bastard".......2006-09-02
Frank Miller gave noir a new, gritty face with the "Sin City" series, and his favorite is reportedly "That Yellow Bastard." It's another story where a hardened man goes down a dark path, regardless of harm to himself -- and Miller's exceptional art and storytelling are in their prime here.
John Hartigan is mere hours from retiring when he finds that little Nancy Callahan has been kiidnapped by murderous pedophile Roark Jr., who also happens to be a senator's son. Hartigan disarms Roark Jr. (both as a killer and a rapist) but ends up in prison, abused and hated, where his only comfort is his weekly letter from little Nancy. She knows the truth, and loves him for what he did.
But eight years later, Hartigan finally gets himself paroled, since he's concerned about Nancy. She's now an exotic dancer being pursued by a hideous, yellow-skinned creature -- Roark Jr., reborn as a horrendous, unnatural creature. Now Hartigan will do anything -- including sacrifice himself -- to save Nancy from her disgusting attacker.
A knight-in-tarnished-armor theme runs through the "Sin City" series, with deeply flawed men seeking revenge or protection for women. It started off the series, and popped up in many others. That story is at its height in "That Yellow Bastard," which also contains what may be the noblest character in the whole series -- and he's a broken-down cop with angina.
Miller's black-and-white artwork is as striking as ever, especially for a series where everything is a shade of grey. There are lots of shadows and stark faces, as well as the typical violence of the series -- guys, you may end up cringing a lot in the castration scenes. Yet somehow the violence seems appropriate, no matter how horrible it is, since it's being aimed at the deformed rapist-murderer.
Hartigan may be the noblest character in the entire series. The entire story is about him trying to protect Nancy, even to the point of suffering eight years of prison and beatings without a word. He's the only honest cop in Sin City, and similarly, Nancy Callahan retains a sense of innocence despite her raunchy job.
"That Yellow Bastard" is a raw, dark noir comic that somehow manages to be poignant as well. It's a disturbing ride, but still worth taking.
Miller outdoes himself!.......2006-06-18
On another hot night in Basin City, John Hartigan, a gruff and cynical, but big-hearted veteran police detective with an indestructible sense willpower, is working his final case before his mandatory retirement, caused by a bad heart. An 11-year-old girl, Nancy Callahan, is out there in Sin City somewhere, in the hands of the child rapist son of the insidious Senator Roark. Though Hartigan almost dies while rescuing Nancy as well as putting Roark Jr. down, seemingly for good, the hero cop learns the worst has yet to come when Senator Roark himself visits him in the hospital, promising Hartigan even more grief to come, as revenge for crippling his rotten son...
Well, I didn't think it was possible but Miller takes sequential art to a whole level in possibly his best run on "Sin City"--"That Yellow Bastard." Detective Hartigan is a different character compared to what Miller has done in the past, he's not a thug like Marv, or a vigilante like Dwight, Hartigan is a much more believeable character because of his pride, heroic selflessness, stoicism, and undying will to, even when things look dark, never give up to accomplish the right thing. Miller shows this off spectacularly in the panels where Hartigan is taking numerous bullets and stabs in his back just to protect Nancy. Hartigan doesn't care if he lives or dies to achieve his goal. Even in the tragic end, when he destroys his own life, Hartigan still emerges victorious over Roark. Speaking of which, Senator Roark and Junior have got to be the most sinister antagonists since Ava Lord. Junior is a sadistic child molester/murderer and because his evil father is a US senator, and Senator Roark uses his political influence to his full advantage, so that he completely dominates over the hero. I would like to have seen Senator Roark appear in future "Sin City" stories. Miller shines his very brightest here. If you had to read at least one "Sin City" book, make it "That Yellow Bastard."
Customer Reviews:
Graphic SF Reader.......2007-09-03
Spider Jerusalem's old vices surface again. Namely, politics and drugs, and he indulges in a lot of both. He writes a lot about politics, and does a lot of drugs.
He is annoying the political powers now, and this is enough to get someone he likes killed.
American Politics Meets Its Match.......2006-05-24
Here in Volume Three, Spider Jerusalem finds his life once again driven further into madness by the demands of his Editor. Spider has been back into the city for a while, and except for a short but memorable run-in with The Beast, he's failed to address a seemingly unavoidable topic of the news (by choice of course): politics.
It's an election year, and his hated enemy, The Beast, on whose depravity Spider literally wrote the book (the same book which made his career, and drove him out of civilization entirely), is seeking reelection. The Opposition party is in town, and Spider is being dragged kicking and screaming into discussing their imminent convention. Unfortunately for Spider, the front-runner in that race is a neo-fascistic nutjob, and his adversary is a man who only seems to do one thing: smile dementedly.
Can Spider save the American Electorate? Can he pry himself away from the needles, pipes, and pills long enough to find The Truth?
Read Transmetropolitan Volume Three to find out.
Transmetropolitan matures.......2005-05-28
The story is really getting interesting at this point. Spider's been well introduced in the previous two books, and now Ellis starts to introduce some real complexities.
Spider makes what seems to be a definite decision that he's going back into the mountains after it's all over.
He gets an assistant that appears to be a long term one.
His editor reveals that Spider needs to be hated to work.
And, he starts covering the election, which seems like it's going to be big in the upcoming books.
I love Spider's different facial expressions. And, the writing is excellent. I'm going to read all of Transmetropolitan.
Perfect.......2003-06-07
Perfect. No less. When it comes to graphic novels, this is all one could hope for. It is fascinating. Spider's harsh truth seeking, foul mouthed, character is a brilliant creation. In 'Year of the Bastard' Ellis begins -- in very subtle notes -- to reveal a softer side to this character. In his growing relationship with Vita Severn we begin to understand Spider more, and the fate of this relationship at the end of the novel is Spider's key motication for his actions until issue 60. The ideas, political machinations and wit of the book are all brilliant. Read and be amazed.
Covering the campaign.......2000-11-27
8 years ago, Spider saw the Beast come into power. After that, he went to his mountain. But he was called back, and in Lust for Life, wrapped his fingers around the pulse of the city. Now, it's election time again, and his editor has spoken. Spider will cover the election, since his readers demand it. Not a threat, but advice for someone who wants to make money for himself and Spider.
You might think that a comic book is for teenagers. Maybe even younger. Some might be. This is not one of them. Spider is a drug crazed maniac. But he's not the worst of the lot.
The politicians are. Heller, with his "America for Americans" catchphrase, and a Hitler lookalike in the crowd - in case you missed the point with the Gothic lettering of his name and having his rallies compared to Nuremberg, it's driven home is a rather unsubtle manner.
The Smiler is just plain deranged. It's not clear if politicians look like that before they've been prepared by their handlers, but the scary thing is I don't find it implausible.
Vita is an interesting character, a nice addition to the cast of maniacs that populate this world. The story line flows well, and demands several re-readings to see all the details that the first reading misses.
The artwork in this novel is simply at its best. Yelena is a character that Darick Robertson is meant to draw, and he does the things he does well, well here. No experimentation, no compromises.
This is easily the best of the series, and makes "The New Scum" all the more disappointing as a follow-up.
Absolute must read.
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You've met the Italian mob
in The Godfather, now welcome
to the real-life world of Irish
America's own murderous clan
of organized crime
The man who has remained silent for more than a decade finally speaks, revealing the gritty true story of his life inside the infamous South Boston Irish mob led by the elusive, Machiavellian kingpin Whitey Bulger, who to this day remains on the lam as one of the world's Ten Most Wanted criminals, second only to Osama bin Laden.
John "Red" Shea was a top lieutenant in the South Boston Irish mob, rising to this position at the age of twenty-one. Thus began his tutelage under the notorious Irish godfather James "Whitey" Bulger. An ice-cold enforcer with a legendary red-hot temper, Shea was a legend among his Southie peers in the 1980s. From the first delivery truck he robbed at thirteen to the start of his twelve-year federal sentence for drug trafficking at twenty-seven, Shea was a portrait in American crime -- a terror, brutal and ruthlessly ambitious. Drug dealer, loan shark, money launderer, and multimillion-dollar narcotics kingpin, Shea was at the pinnacle of power -- until the feds came knocking and eventually obliterated the legendary mob in a well-orchestrated sweep of arrests, fueled by insider tips to the FBI and DEA.
While Bulger's other top men turned informant to save their own hides, Shea alone kept his code of honor and his mouth shut -- loyalty that earned him a dozen years of hard time even as the man he was protecting turned out to be, himself, a rat. For in the end, in a remarkable show of betrayal, Bulger turned out to be the FBI's "main man" and top informant -- tipping off the feds for decades while still managing to operate one of the most murderous and profitable organized crime outfits of all time.
In Rat Bastards, Shea brings that mysterious world and gritty urban Irish American street culture into sharp focus by telling his own story -- of his fatherless upbringing, his apprenticeship on the tough streets of Southie, and his love affair with trouble, boxing, and then the gangster life. In prose that is refreshingly honest, personal, and surprisingly tender, Shea tells his harrowing, unflinching, and unapologetic story. A man who did the crime, did the time, and held fast to the Irish code of silence, which he was raised to follow at any cost, Shea remains a man of honor and in doing so has become a living legend. One of the last of a dying breed, a true stand-up guy.
Shea expects no forgiveness and makes no excuses for the life he chose. His story is intense, compelling, and in your face.
Customer Reviews:
predictable entertainment.......2007-08-27
Entertaining insight to the 1970's - 80's Boston irish mob. Authentic story, predictibly leavened by the author's projection of himself as a "superman".
Excellent.......2007-08-11
I really enjoyed reading John Shea's autobiography Rat Bastards. Rat Bastards is an honest look into the life of a real human being that happened to be in the Irish Mafia. Filled with colorful rich and memorable characters, this is like a shot of testosterone for the weak, a page turner that is at times uncomfortable, at times sentimental but always unapologetically real.Forever My Lady
Great read. What a Story!.......2007-07-16
If the movie The Departed sparked your interest in learning about what
really happened in South Boston and with Whitey Bulger then read Rat
Bastards! All the other books about Bulger are written by people who
are now informants for the police so you have to wonder how accurate
thier books are. Rat Bastards is written by the one guy who didn't
blabber to the police to get a lesser sentence. Since Shea is the one
guy who has written a book that didn't become an informant you have to
take his word seriously. I have learned so much about Bulger and his
gang and its the real deal no BS. Not only does Shea describe his work
with Bulger but he also sheds light on his personal past and shows the
reader how a boy from South Boston with a love for boxing got mixxed
up with one of the worlds most famous mobsters.
Rat Bastards Is an AWESOME Book.......2007-07-16
John Shea's book Rat Bastard was in my oppinion an amazing quick read.
Shea is able to give the reader a glimpse into his life in Southie and
how he became involved with Bulger out of both admiration for Southies
king but also the need to survive. I have to say it is shocking what
some youths go through in this country. Very often we here about "The
Projects" but this book gives you a real glimpse into how someone in
the Southie projects survived. The book also sheds more light on the
illusive Whitey Bulger. Many still see him as Southies King but this
book reveals him for the "Rat" that he and all the other people n his
gang where. When push came to shove all the guys in Bulgers gang
couldn't wait to talk to get thier time commuted, but not Shea. He
stuck to the Southie code and kept his trap shut. Imagine doing 12
years because you would rather keep your honor than be a rat!
Better than I thought...........2007-05-07
This book was a lot better than I expected. I don't think in the end he is a "rat" as i have read in other reviews. I know no more about Whitey, or Flemmi, or any of them than I did before reading this book. I thought he did a great job painting a picture of what his relationship was with Whitey. So us, the readers, could really understand his mentality, and how betrayed he felt.
He might be a little over the top explaining his fighting, respect, etc....but, in his defense he's a boxer, he talks like one, so what? I don't believe he could have made as much money as he did during that time in South Boston if he was not directly connected to Whitey, I believe he had the relationship he did with him.
I won't glorify the wrongdoings he must have done. But, I do believe he told his story well, it kept my interest for hours at a time. I would recommend it to anyone...
Average customer rating:
- Funny, Racy and Satrical - A Winning Combination
- Interesting plot idea not fully realized
- Clinton Exposed!!!!!
- His best since Shelley's Heart
- How Long Has He Been Writing?
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Lucky Bastard:: A Novel
Charles Mccarry
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Task: Concoct a plot for a novel about a draft-dodging president with a ready smile and a readier libido; a staunchly feminist, Ivy League-educated First Lady; and a political campaign funded by the suspiciously manipulable accounts of a Midwestern bank.
Result: Primary Colors? Perhaps. Or you might barely have scratched the surface of Charles McCarry's darkly byzantine and wildly perceptive new novel, Lucky Bastard. McCarry rips the skeletons from Clinton's wide-open closet and clothes them with the slightly tattered grandeur of Camelot: his hero is John Fitzgerald Adams ("Jack"), who possesses an instinctual political genius and an unerring knack for charming voters while advancing his own interests. Jack also happens to believe that he is JFK's illegitimate son, and his march to the White House carries the aura of "divine right."
Or is that Left? McCarry spins a labyrinthine tale of political influence driven by two maverick Russians who believe that the Communist Revolution "happened in the wrong country at the wrong time." They recognize Jack's talent and charisma and sponsor his rise to power in the hope of achieving tradecraft's coup de grâce: a Soviet pawn in the Oval Office.
Perhaps the novel's greatest strength is its narrator, Dmitri, a cynical Russian whose dry wit and world-weary observations anchor the unabashedly excessive (and usually lubricious) machinations of agents, handlers, recruits, and just plain folks. Thanks mostly to Dmitri, you may never again watch the evening news without a raised eyebrow and a "What if...?" on your lips. --Kelly Flynn
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Lucky Bastard is the suspenseful and hilarious story of a gifted politician with dangerous friends and a zipper problem. The author is Charles McCarry, a writer widely acclaimed for his richly perceptive novels of political intrigue.
John Fitzgerald Adams, known by the voters who love him as Jack, has good reason to believe he is the illegitimate son of JFK.
His goal is the same as that of any Kennedy: to reclaim the presidency . . . and enjoy as many women as possible along the way. Jack possesses an instinctual political genius, an unerring knack for charming voters and advancing his own interests.
But Jack, up from poverty, cannot make it to the Oval Office without money and support. Luckily, he becomes the beneficiary of the largesse of two maverick Russians who recognize Jack's talent and invest considerable resources in his rise to power. Jack also relies on a strong-willed wife, an ardent radical who masterminds his political moves while guarding against the threat that his wild libido will destroy his career. As Jack marches toward the presidency, others who realize the truth about his sinister connections try to stop him. But will anyone believe them?
Charles McCarry has long been recognized as the dean of Washington's novelists, "a magical writer, the very best in this field" (Martha Gellhorn,
Sunday Telegraph). With Lucky Bastard, McCarry has written the novel of his career, a thrilling and imaginative vision of power and conspiracy in the age of Clinton.
Customer Reviews:
Funny, Racy and Satrical - A Winning Combination.......2006-06-09
I bought this book in August of 1998. I know WHY I bought it as I had just finished Shelley's Heart written by the same author and was anxious to read another. What I don't know is why I waited almost eight year's to read it, however it was well worth the wait. Others have outlined the plot and the comparison to "Slick Willie" Clinton. You would have to be brain dead or from another planet not to see the connection, but that is no reason to savage the book as it is funny, racy, satirical and a well told, if somewhat implausable story of politics and intrigue.You probably won't find any copies in the gift shop of the Clinton Library, however if you do come across one, buy it and enjoy it.
Interesting plot idea not fully realized.......2006-05-03
The idea that a gifted American politician is actually an unwitting tool of an international communist conspiracy that hopes to put him into the White House is certainly intriguing. It would make an interesting book. This isn't quite it, though. The author spends considerable time detailing the machinations behind all this, but I find the characters totally without dimension or interest on their own and serving merely to advance the plot. The question quickly becomes, how will it all turn out. Once you understand what the plot is, the best thing is to turn to the last chapter to see how the author resolves it.
Clinton Exposed!!!!!.......2006-04-11
From the 5 star reviews it is clear that Mr. McCarry has found his target audience, Clinton-hating yahoos who will never tire of hearing the same old recycled trash. And by putting it in a novel he doesn't have to even justify it, just hint, hint. Another advantage of this target audience is, apparantly, that one need not be able to plot, develop characters, dialogue, or any of the usual writerly skills, just type out the right code-words and one is home.
His best since Shelley's Heart.......2005-06-25
Those that are giving this 1 star are inconsoloble Clinton lovers. This is the best book written about the Clinton's....yes the Clinton's. The deal with China in the book spells it all out and is historically accurate. I can't believe this is not in paperback, this is a great thriller and just plain intersting whether you love or hate Bill. Highly recommended. BUY IT!
How Long Has He Been Writing? .......2004-09-24
The novel features totally unbelieveable plots, cardboard cutout figures whom it is hard to identify with or sympathize with, the strangest motivations masquerading as realism and an off-the-cliff ending that is not satisfying. The sex is near-pornographic and not believeable to the point of being almost funny. The main character has the behaviour of a robot and seems to have no inner life or feelings. The author hates liberals so badly I think he would personally like to go out and kill them bare handed; this axe to grind gets in the way of the development of a coherent plot. On the other hand, much of the writing is good in a technical sense, in spite of the often angry and sarcastic tone. Many scenes are very interesting and well-written; the whole work just does not hang together, especially when you consider it is written by an experienced writer with a background at the CIA. This is not Ludlum, or Le Carre and I enjoyed Clancy more. I like being entertained and told a nuanced story, not beat over the head by a heavy-handed piece of agit-prop so favored by the late unlamented Soviet Union. However, the author does manage to tell what is on many levels an interesting story. He needed an editor to intervene.
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- Painful Truths
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The Bastard on the Couch: 27 Men Try Really Hard to Explain Their Feelings About Love, Loss, Fatherhood, and Freedom
Daniel Jones
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The husband of The Bitch in the House responds with a collection of original essays in which male writers describe what men desire, need, love, and loathe in their relationships and in the world today.
Cathi Hanauer's bestselling The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth about Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, and Marriage spurred a national conversation about the level of friction in contemporary marriages and relationships. Now her husband, Daniel Jones, has rallied the men for the "literary equivalent of The Full Monty," in which twenty–seven thoughtful, passionate and often hilarious men, lay it bare when it comes to their wives and girlfriends, their hopes, and fears.
Enough with pop psychiatrists telling us why men lie, cheat, and want nothing more than to laze around the house in front of the TV. Enough with women wondering aloud–at increasing volume–why the men in their lives behave the way they do. The time has come for men to speak for themselves.
Many of the husbands and fathers in these pages contemplate aspects of their personal lives they've never before revealed in print–they kick open the door on their marriages and sex lives, their fathering and domestic conflicts, their most intimate relationships and situations. Yet unlike the average meat–and–potatoes father who still rules the roost, these men are grappling with new ideas of manhood –– some they are going after and grabbing, and others that are being thrust upon them by a changing world.
Powerful, heartfelt and irreverent, The Bastard on the Couch is a bold, unprecedented glimpse into the dark corners and glaring truths of modern relationships that is guaranteed to amuse, entertain, enrich, and provoke.
Customer Reviews:
Painful Truths.......2007-02-18
I bought this book because I wanted to know what married men elsewhere were really going through. Just about every married man I know lies about his married life either out of shame or some perverse pleasure in seeing me make the same mistake. Anyway, this book features 27 tales by 27 different men on their relationships and lives. Apparently, most are prolific writers which explains the highly descriptive (sometimes overly descriptive) and humourous literary styles. It's almost as if you are reading exactly what is going on in their minds... word for word. The tales are interesting but after reading about 20 or so, it might seem repetitive to some. The book picks up toward the end, though. There is not much 'substance' in terms of what a bachelor (or other married men) could learn from all this except some simple truths:
1) Women tend to outearn men these days and men generally don't like it
2) Men are relegated to housework and they generally don't like it
3) Men aren't getting enough sex from their girlfriends/wives and generally don't like it
4) Women want the same rights as men but not the same responsibilities and men generally don't like it
5) Men will soldier on no matter what life throws at them and they like that about themselves
I haven't read, 'The Bitch in the House' which is the predecessor to this book on the same theme except written by women and don't intend to. It's not that I'm not sympathetic to what women are also going through in relationships and life but being a man, I really don't need an additional dose of bitching in my reading material. Overall, I recommend 'The Bastard on the Couch' if you are a guy looking to learn the truth about how other men feel about the stuff they wouldn't ordinarily talk about. Here's a hint: it's not very different from how you feel. Don't expect to put this book down feeling cheerful, though.
Why not on Oprah's List?.......2006-04-27
OK. I'll admit this review might be unfair. I didn't even finish the book. I might have missed some real gems. But, since I didn't finish it, I thought I should explain why.
I found the essays to be well written but the guys I just couldn't have a lot of empathy for or really understand the point behind many of the essays. The Boy Toy, the guy who was proud of his "threesome" affairs (as a regular fare), the man looking for a "Female John Wayne", the guy whose wife had an affair that he "forgave" her for and then spent 7 years wallowing in the relationship, had an affair of his own and returned to find her in the arms of a woman", these are "typical" guys? Maybe on Jerry Springer.
Not all of the essays were completely bad. The 47 year bachelor had some interesting things to say. The guy with the open marriage was refreshingly honest (even though he didn't use his real name) about the inherent problems with "open" relationship (although I still think he's fooling himself). The essay about the guy who was short-tempered with his children almost actually hit home. But, overall the book is not worth my time to finish.
I am a 45 year old, happily married father of 2. I have been married for 15 years. I had a pretty decent life before marriage and can actually remember those days pretty well. I picked up this book looking for some light reading and maybe some insight as to what makes men tick. I freely admit, I'm not your typical guy. I thought it would interesting and entertaining.
I made it through the first five or six essays. I didn't keep count. Normally, I'll plow through a book no matter how bad it starts off. But, I decided to put this one down last night and probably won't pick it up again. Maybe my wife will read it when Oprah decides to put it on her list. Women would just love to bash men with this one.
A self proclaimed "bitch's" take on Bastard..........2006-02-25
I found "Bastard on the Couch" an engaging collection of viewpoints, some that made me laugh, rage and cry all in one story. It definitely waved things in my face that I had taken for granted in my own relationships with men throughout my life that definitely added a depth to my understanding of those dynamics, even answered some lifelong questions for me. I recommend it with enthusiasm to both women and men. I even read exerpts from it to my husband so many times that he started to say, "Not something ELSE from that Bastard book again...."
Great book, fast shipping.......2005-09-21
Received my book quickly, book in the exact shape it was described. Highly recommend this seller!
A few stories are amazing and most are good reads.......2005-08-29
This book is a collection of 27 essays written by men on the topics of love, honesty, lying, desires, family, and needs. Most of the essays provide a fascinating read, some more riveting than others. Only a couple are tedious.
The essays evoke many emotions with the funny, heartwarming, sad, curious, and intriguing tales. Human nature comes through as these pages pour out the men's thoughts, the kind few human beings would share with their loved ones and friends.
Topics cover the woman making more money than the man, the stay-at-home Dad, a marriage of equals, an almost 50-year-old man who remains a bachelor, a man who prefers older women, an open marriage, affairs, and less "Mood for Love" in a marriage.
It's easy to dislike some of the men while respecting others, but their prose and candor provide impressive insight into otherwise ordinary situations in their lives. Hearing a story about a man who after 17 years of marriage and two kids isn't as chivalrous as he was when he first met and married his wife doesn't sound like much. However, "I Am a Man, Hear Me Bleat," is a captivating tale in which one of his kids ends up in the emergency room under his care.
The book doesn't completely answer, "What is he thinking?" While each essay addresses the question, there isn't enough diversity in these men's backgrounds. In fact, almost all of them are writers from New York or California. One author stands out because he's in jail.
The book finishes with a bang with "Father of the Year" by Trey Ellis who is black, adding a little diversity (he's a writer, though) talking about fatherhood and his crumbling marriage. If another edition comes out, more diversity in terms of location, experiences, and careers will turn a fine book into a superb one.
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