Thursday, January 20, 2005
I Tell A Lie Every So Often by Bruce Clements
I tell A Lie Every So Often was on the sale table at a local Indie book store for $1.99 and the blurb looked interesting. How could I resist?
Henry told his brother a lie, two lies really. Two lies on top of a sneaky action which he started but did not complete. The sneaky action has its own line of consequences, one lie is not even noticed, but the second lie takes on a life of its own and drags Henry along.
The lie involves a family member and a Native American who Henry has seen but never spoken to. In pursuit of the lie, Henry and his brother Clayton travel up the Missouri River. Henry observes and thinks carefully about race relations, propriety and manners, family, and the choices that people make that can or cannot be changed.
Henry's voice is clear and real. He is neither prissy nor wild. He sees some things very clearly, cutting through the screen of social niceties, and yet is naive about other things.
Henry told his brother a lie, two lies really. Two lies on top of a sneaky action which he started but did not complete. The sneaky action has its own line of consequences, one lie is not even noticed, but the second lie takes on a life of its own and drags Henry along.
The lie involves a family member and a Native American who Henry has seen but never spoken to. In pursuit of the lie, Henry and his brother Clayton travel up the Missouri River. Henry observes and thinks carefully about race relations, propriety and manners, family, and the choices that people make that can or cannot be changed.
Henry's voice is clear and real. He is neither prissy nor wild. He sees some things very clearly, cutting through the screen of social niceties, and yet is naive about other things.
# posted by JJ @ 5:38 PM 
