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The Caveman's Valentine

George Dawes Green

• Categoría: Narrativa
• Editorial: Warner
• Año: 1995
• Encuadernacion: Tapa Blanda
• Referencia: TC1828
• ISBN: 9780446671514
• Número de páginas: 336
• Estado: Bueno
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there Has Never Been A Character Quite Like Romulus Ledbetter, The Unlikely Hero Of George Dawes Green's Acclaimed Debut Novel, The Caveman's Valentine. Once A Devoted Family Man And A Julliard-trained Musician With A Brilliant Future, Rom Now Makes His Home In A Cave In New York City's Inwood Park, Spending His Days Foraging For Food And Waging A One-man War Against Cornelius Gould Stuyvesant, The Evil (and Imaginary) Powerbroker Responsible For Every One Of Society's Ills. Then, One Wintry Night, Rom Finds A Corpse At The Mouth Of His Cave. Propelled By His Well-defined Sense Of Ethics, He Sets Off On An Obsessive Quest For Answers, Following A Spiraling Web Of Clues And Hunches, Straight Into The Sinister Den Of Temptation, Money, And Murder . . . A Place Otherwise Known As The Civilized World.publishers Weeklyin This Remarkable First Novel, The Caveman Is Romulus Ledbetter, A Juilliard Graduate, Husband And Father, Former Mental Patient And Current Resident Of A Cave In Manhattan's Inwood Park. His Valentine Is The Naked Body Of Scotty Gales, A Homeless Former Photographer's Model. The Police Say Gales Simply Froze To Death, But Romulus Knows That He Was Killed By Agents Of The Evil Cornelius Gould Stuyvesant, Who Rules The World From His Offices In The Chrysler Building. Sometimes Aided--and Sometimes Humored--by Everyone From His Daughter Lulu (a Police Officer) To People He Meets On The Street, Romulus Tracks Scotty's Murderer, Doggedly Following His Twisted Vision Of Reality Into A World Of Money And Violence Where Things And People Are Never What They Seem. Although Green's Plotting Is Solid, The Narrative Draws Its Power From The Superbly Realized Protagonist. Romulus Is That Rarity, A Truly Original Character Whose Fits And Rantings Retain A Dangerous Edge And Never Become Lovable Tics. Green Makes A Wonderful Debut With This Gripping, Well-written Portrait Of Modern Dislocation And Homelessness--although Romulus Would Object To The Latter Term: He Has A Home; It Just Happens To Be In A Cave. (jan.)