Perhaps too many relatives, constant rain, and excessive New Year celebrations have left me cranky and cheerless, but Morris Lurie’s latest novel, Seven Books for Grossman, did little to improve the general malaise. It is a slight volume. It certainly lacks the insight and compassion of some of Lurie’s short story collections like Dirty Friends. It also lacks the humour.
Seven Books for Grossman by Morris Lurie
Penguin, $4.95 pb, 114pp, 0 14 00 6837 6
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Penguin, $5.95 pb, 202pp, 0 14 00 7007 9
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