A Changed Man: A Novel (P.S.)
by Francine Prose
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Author: Francine ProseEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-03-01
ISBN: 0060560037
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Book Reviews of A Changed Man: A Novel (P.S.)
Book Review: a great read that lingers on
Summary: 5 Stars
So much said already - but in the end: It's a great book (at least in the audio-edition), one that continues to resonate after it's finished (snippets of dialogue or inner monologue coming back to mind, the perspective that's sharp but compassionate at the same time, hope for and questions about the characters - and can a man truly change?).
Sure, there may be minor 'weaknesses' (is the end too cheesy? the Nazi too harmless? some characters too one-sided?), but those are truly minor when compared to the witty, sharp writing, clear characterizations, great inner monologues, and surprising twists and turns.
It's a book that left me smiling and thinking and wishing to read on.
Summary of A Changed Man: A Novel (P.S.)
What is charismatic Holocaust survivor Meyer Maslow to think when a rough-looking young neo-Nazi named Vincent Nolan walks into the Manhattan office of Maslow's human rights foundation and declares that he wants to "save guys like me from becoming guys like me"? As Vincent gradually turns into the sort of person who might actually be able to do this, he also transforms those around him: Meyer Maslow, who fears heroism has become a desk job; the foundation's dedicated fund-raiser, Bonnie Kalen, an appealingly vulnerable divorced single mother; and even Bonnie's teenage son.
Francine Prose's A Changed Man is a darkly comic and masterfully inventive novel that poses essential questions about human nature, morality, and the capacity for personal reinvention.
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