Bluesman

Bluesman
by Andre Dubus III

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Author: Andre Dubus III
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1994-04
ISBN: 0571198414
Number of pages: 276
Publisher: Faber & Faber

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Book Review: A wonderful, sometimes haunting read-highly recommended.
Summary: 4 Stars

A finely-written novel which is both a coming-of-age tale and an examination of the human spirit in all its shame and glory, Bluesman is the story of Leo Sutter, and boy on the verge of being a man in a sleepy paper mill town. Leo is coming to terms with the usual problems which beset all young men-love, sex, responsibility-against the background of a mostly redneck town in Viet Nam-era America. Through Leo's interactions with those close to him-his girlfriend, Allie, her communist father, Chic, Leo's father Jim and-most importantly-his dead mother (through her poetry and diary)-Dubus delicately and expertly examines the human condition. The book draws brilliantly on the blues music Leo so loves, and the strength of his bond with both his mother and father, to create genuine melodrama and subtly compelling plotlines. Dubus has spare, delicately understated style which is far more descriptive than a thousand pages of Danielle Steele could ever be. An enjoyable, potentially life-changing book which had me dusting off my old Lightin' Hopkins records, and which begs for a sequel.

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Summary of Bluesman

To Leo Suther, a harmonica is the harp of the gods and 1967 is the year he turns 18. To Leo Suther, life is simple. But when he discovers that his girlfriend's father is a communist and civil rights organizer and that the war in Vietnam isn't uncontested, he feels his existence changing.

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