Dale Peck
Author of Drift House: The First Voyage
About the Author
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Works by Dale Peck
Associated Works
A Convergence of Birds: Original Fiction and Poetry Inspired by Joseph Cornell (2001) — Contributor — 191 copies
Who’s Yer Daddy?: Gay Writers Celebrate Their Mentors and Forerunners (2012) — Contributor — 14 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1967
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Long Island, New York, USA
- Education
- Drew University
- Occupations
- novelist
teacher
critic - Awards and honors
- Guggenheim Fellowship
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An interesting idea but I found the excution VERY slow and had a difficult time caring for the main character as we didn't get to know him very well. They did do a good job protraying the atomsphere of the early cold war very well.
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.This book of short stories by Dale Peck enticed me because of the O. Henry accolades bestowed upon the author (who was new to me), so I was delighted to receive an audiobook via the LibraryThing Early Reviewers scheme. But, alas, these stories are just not my style. The undertone is awkward, uncomfortable, uncouth. Maybe that's the point? I suppose the narrators do a good job, but my sense is that there's much more acting than necessary: in other words, were I to have seen the text, I might not have camped things up as much in my mind. (Actually, I'm sure I wouldn't have. So I guess I'm just not in the intended target audience.)… (more)
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- Works
- 18
- Also by
- 13
- Members
- 1,772
- Popularity
- #14,530
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 62
- ISBNs
- 110
- Languages
- 7
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