Ironweed: William Kennedy

Posted on March 20, 2014 by mbcadmin

Date: 20 March 2014

Venue: Tickell Arms

Bookscore: 9

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4 Responses to Ironweed: William Kennedy

  1. Mr Red says:
    April 16, 2014 at 8:37 pm

    Depressing if intermittently well-written tale of down-and-out life in Depression-era Albany, New York, a place I never want to visit. Characters are not well drawn, dialogue is repetitive and unimaginative, storyline banal, violence unconvincing. How did the author get such a big reputation?

  2. Mr Black says:
    April 20, 2014 at 3:59 pm

    Strange mixture of genres; sometimes mystical sometimes gritty realism. Biggest problem was lack of any character to empathize with. Unlike On The Road (which had many bums in it) there was never an urge while reading to buy a flat bed truck and drive out into Norfolk.

    Perhaps one needs to read the other books in the trilogy?

  3. Mr Orange says:
    April 22, 2014 at 12:24 pm

    I agree with Mr Red’s comments; this does not compare favourably with any (all?) of the numerous American authors that have written about the Depression. Not good enough.

  4. Mr Red says:
    June 2, 2014 at 10:14 am

    Authors are people, not things!!!

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