A Doubter's Almanac

Deliver me from art about troubled men whose genius is used as an excuse for them to be assholes.......more

This novel is extraordinary- It could win the Pulitzer Prize --it's that good - and that type of quality!! I read a lot of books - I write a lot of reviews. I lost my first review for "The Doubter's Almanac" during a new phone transfer. I lost my notes and quotes.. ( I'm sad about it), but I haven't......more

It's a sad story to begin with . Milo as a boy lives a lonely life . It's an odd family life , dysfunctional without a doubt where his parents hardly speak to him or to each. His mother sits in the kitchen with a drink in her hand and his father sits in his study or putters around the house . Milo s......more

Ethan Canin is one of the best writers of our time. He has a masterful command of both style and structure, and writes with keen, intimate observation that rarely gets in the way of the plot. These gifts are on full display in "A Doubters Almanac," a multi-generational saga about a family cursed and......more

I feel pretty certain this will be the most exquisite book I read in 2016. Ethan Canin's prose is stunning, and the scope of his knowledge here is really extraordinary. It's a long book, but worth every minute.......more