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Shorts and Re-reads

Ripley Underground by Patricia Highsmith

Disgrace by Ayad Akhtar

Copenhagen by Michael Frayn

August: Osage County by Tracy Letts

Agnes of God by John Pielmeier

The Lion in Winter by James Goldman

August 29, 2022 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Ripley Underground – 4/5 The second Tom Ripley novel begins with the revelation that we’re about ten or so years on from the first novel, that Tom is now married and living off his “inheritance” from Dickie’s forged will. He’s in London and he’s become involved in an art forgery scheme. Recently an artist whom Tom had been connected with became a lucrative commodity and Tom was able to facilitate the sale of the artist’s work after he died. No one really knew for sure […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Ayad Akhtar, James Goldman, John Pielmeier, Michael Frayn, Patricia Highsmith, Tracy Letts

vel veeter's CBR14 Review No:497 · Genres: Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: Ayad Akhtar, James Goldman, John Pielmeier, Michael Frayn, Patricia Highsmith, Tracy Letts ·
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Toxic Family Secrets

August: Osage County by Tracy Letts

December 31, 2018 by The Chancellor Leave a Comment

August: Osage County by Tracy Letts My rating: 4 of 5 stars Not since reading “A Long Day’s Journey Into Night” have I come across a play that is so uncomfortable and beautiful all at the same time. “August: Osage County” centers on the Weston family living out in the plains of Oklahoma. There’s a death in the family and first part of the play is the family arriving to prepare for the funeral. Then the real action starts as the family is together for […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Tracy Letts

The Chancellor's CBR10 Review No:30 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Tracy Letts ·
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See Meryl drawl. See Meryl rip off her wig.

January 30, 2016 by bonnie Leave a Comment

If you have not seen Meryl Streep ripping off her wig in chain-smoking matriarchal delight, here is the summary: a Southern patriarch goes missing, and the family gets together. Old tensions and family secrets come to the fore, amidst a backdrop of stifling heat [sidenote: this is why I put up with long winters in the northern Midwest. I went to Texas to see my grandparents in the summer, and GOOD GOD, WHY IS IT SO HOT? I do not do extreme heat.] Family dysfunction […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: bonnie, drama, Tracy Letts

bonnie's CBR8 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: bonnie, drama, Tracy Letts ·
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