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Cargando... Cornelius Sky (edición 2019)por Timothy Brandoff (Autor)
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InscrÃbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing. It took me a few chapters to get into this book because it's outside my usual go-to taste, but ultimately I really enjoyed this sympathetic but not treacly portrayal of an alcoholic doorman in the 70s. Con is sort of an anti-hero who you will find yourself simultaneously wincing at and rooting for. Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing. Cornelius Sky by Timothy Brandoff is an interesting study of a man who had a poor beginning and goes through life making mistakes and drinking too much. He earns his living working at an upscale brownstone where, incidentally, Jacqueline Kennedy lives. Daughter Caroline is away at school by then, so her son, John, spends a lot of time by himself. He is befriended by Cornelius Sky, who recognizes the loneliness in the boy.. Cornelius' marriage has foundered and his relationship with his children is broken. Due to his drinking, he makes mistake after mistake and loses his job. He agrees to go to AA meetings with his newfound friends and his life improves with sobriety, including his relationship with his children. Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing. A good book, but so sad! I felt like Connie, the main character meant well, but got frustrated with him and his drinking. This book shows the effects that suicide can have on families for years to follow. Connie’s father committed suicide when he was a child, Connie is an alcoholic, and his kids suffer. Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing. I really wanted to like and enjoy this book more than I did. First of all, the writing was a tad confusing. Some sentences didn't make much sense to me maybe due to a lack of punctuation. I'm not sure. I also found the protagonist, Connie, entirely unrelatable. I had a hard time feeling sorry for him and his situation because he was such an ass of a person. He made selfish choices throughout his life and is now dealing with the consequences of those choices. Thanks to LibraryThing for the opportunity to read and review this book. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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HTML:"A serious comic novel about human failings and forgiveness. This remarkable study of a doorman will stay with you, and live on." â??Allison Janney, Oscar Awardâ??winning actress Cornelius Sky is a doorman in a posh Fifth Avenue apartment building that houses New York City's elite, including a former First Lady whose husband was assassinated while in office. It is 1974 and New York City is heading toward a financial crisis. At work, Connie prides himself on his ability to buff a marble floor better than anyone, a talent that so far has kept him from being fired for his drinking. He pushes the boundaries of his duties, partying and playing board games with the former First Lady's lonely thirteen-year-old son in the service stairwellâ??the only place where the boy is not spied upon mercilessly by the tabloid press and his Secret Service detail. Connie believes he is the only one who can offer true solace and companionship to this fatherless boy, but his constant neglect of his own sons and their mother reaches a boiling point. His wife changes the locks on his own door, and he finds himself wandering the mean streets of the city in his uniform, where unlikely angels offer him a path toward redemption. Cornelius Sky is an elegant picaresque that beautifully captures an opulent city on the edge of ruin and recovery. "A novel that seems to be everywhere, and is superbly told. The storyteller has the sharp eye and calm voice of an intrigued looker-on." â??Larry Heinemann, National Book Awardâ??winning author of Paco's Story "A dramatically satisfying and emotional resonant novel." â??Publishe No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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I have to leave a longer review even though I said so much on my video about it. I only made to page 30. I did not like the characters or the writing in the book as well.