Ciograve; che per qualche motivo non riusciamo a vivere pienamente. Le parole che non riusciamo a dire nel tempo che corre. Il sesso; la pigrizia e le droghe. Le mura di una cittagrave; che si chiudono su giorni che sono sempre piugrave; lombra di se stessi.Attraverso una prosa musicale; che fa della provocazione il mezzo per arrivare a decifrare la realtagrave;; si snodano le vicende di Gregorio Mainati; giovane vagabondo e bevitore incallito; alle presecon personaggi sempre piugrave; grotteschi; dove ognuno cerca il suo "fiore"; il suo punto di appiglio che lo resusciti dal cinismo; per capire se in fondo a questo gioco senza regole che si chiama vita; la paura sia davvero piugrave; forte dellamore o se qualcosa di prezioso e puro si possa ancora salvare.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. DullBy Tom LacknerThis was a book club selection. the recommendation coming from a member who saw a review in the Cedar Rapids Gazette but who had not actually read the book. Thats a lesson in itself. Otherwise. ther is little save its brevity to recommend this volume. The prose is repetitious and the story. while interesting. could be told in a quarter of the space.What will you learn? First. that Iowa politicians can be as corrupt as those in any other state. Second. that Iowa journalism may have been investigative in the 1930s. but the writing wasnt very good. I can say that because I grew up on the Gazette in the days when Frank Nye and Jerry Elsea headed the editorial board. men who knew how to write an editorial.Save your money. your time. and your bookshelf space for something better written.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Journalism Then. and What We Need NowBy ThrobVery interesting. Who knew that Iowa. of all places. could have had such corrupt officials in the not-too-distant past. The book makes me sad for the current state of journalism and newspapers. and makes you realize just how important a healthy press is to this republic. Once we had investigative journalists looking under the rocks of corporate and governmental America. Now we have...what? Twitter? In the 1930s in Iowa. the Cedar Rapids Gazettes tough work led to fifty indictments. In 2008 and beyond. not even the unearthing of a scandal of epic proportions -- the obtaining. packaging and selling of junk mortgages as securities -- led to any significant indictments. Sad indeed. but this book teaches that it was not always so.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Need more like himBy K. SchappersteinGood journalist.
