The Company You Keep

Second read-through. Liked it just as much. Lots of good historical background about Vietnam War and SDS and corrupt national government. Set the scene well to explain motivations of "radical leftist" groups in USA. Like the message about your actions being result not necessarily of your political o......more

mi pare si chiami "sospensione dell'incredulità" quell'atteggiamento mentale per cui il lettore (o lo spettatore di un film), rapito dalla storia, si beve senza fiatare qualsiasi panzana, per quanto inverosimile, purchè non si rompa l'incantesimo della narrazione. a me, per esempio, funziona benissim......more

Set against the rise and fall of the Weather Underground, the antiwar group of the Vietnam War era, THE COMPANY YOU KEEP is a sweeping American saga about sacrifice, the ecstatic righteousness of youth, and the tension between political ideals and family loyalties. Here's what's going on... Jason Sin......more

Set in the 90s, this dramatic thriller follows civil rights attorney Jim Grant who's in the midst of a custody battle for his seven year old daughter with his recovering drug addict ex-wife. After the arrest of Weather Underground activist fugitive, Sharon Solartz, young, ambitious reporter Ben Schu......more

I read this because I saw eulogies for the author, who has just recently died. It's not the best novel. It's about sixties radicals from the Weather Underground trying to figure out how to emerge from hiding in the 1990s. The plot is kind of a soap opera, with many handsome people who are athletic a......more