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Rule of the Bone by Russell Banks.
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"No modern author writes more perceptively about ordinary men's stumbling quest for the American grail of material comfort and self-respect," remarked Salon.com contributor Cynthia Joyce regarding the...
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Russell Banks resists categories; yet as one looks at the American short fiction written in the last quarter of the twentieth century, the temptation is to group Banks with Raymond Carver, Richard For...
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Russell Banks has been publishing innovative fiction for more than twenty-five years, gaining praise from critics for his short stories and novels. Although he is primarily a realist, he has experimen...
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In the following review, Morton places Rule of the Bone within the context of the American literary tradition.
Uh-oh. Salinger wannabe on the scanner, Captain. “You'll probably think I&#...
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In the following review, Peaco faults Rule of the Bone for stretching the believability of its characters and plot.
How much slack can you cut the author and narrator as they stretch credulity [in Rul...
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In the following excerpt, Herron compares the portrayals of American society in Rule of the Bone and Witold Rybczynski's City Life, commenting that both novels function as “mirrorsȁ...
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In the following essay, Niemi provides a biographical overview of Banks's life and traces his literary development from his early short stories and poetry through Rule of the Bone.
There'...
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In the following review, Eder contrasts Rule of the Bone with Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, arguing that Banks's reimagining of Twain's novel is ultimately flaw...
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In the following review, Mesic lauds Banks's vivid and believable characterizations in Rule of the Bone.
You see the young drifting in shoals through malls, clustering together and then slippin...
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In the following review, Baker notes the moralistic and sentimental subject matter in Rule of the Bone, deeming the novel “probably more commercial than [Banks's previous work.”]
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Teaching Rule of the Bone
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Critical Review by Brian Morton
