Name the Baby
After the shocking suicide of his girlfriend, a twenty-one-year-old struggles to figure out the mysteries of life and love. This extraordinarily intense novel follows a young man during a three-day... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:038549159X
ISBN13:9780385491594
Release Date:May 1998
Publisher:Anchor Books
Length:211 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.7" x 8.2"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
A funny and brilliant novel
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
A fascinating confessional of a young man coming to grips with his girlfriend's suicide and life in general. The author is obviously talented and one to watch.
An excellent display of passion and prose
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Mr. Cirino's novel is passionate and captivating. The main character's discourse as he weaves through New York City grips you and never lets go from page one to the end. I have read many reviews that compare this character to Holden Caufield, but Caufield was just a naive boy. This character possesses a toughness. He seems to understand the pulse of the City and how to not only survive it, but groove with it. I highly recommend this book.
What the world needs now is more authors like Cirino.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
What makes this novel so great is its unapologetic tone. Sam does not ask you to walk beside him. You're there because you want to be there, you want to hear what he has to say. All he's trying to do is what all of us do and that is try to work out our problems. And there's an honest and respectable voice in the way he does it.
One of the best of 1998
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
This is a really outstanding debut by a young American writer, a book that has been included among the best 25 first novels of 1998 by Library Journal. "Entertaining and impressive....High school students," the reviewer wrote, "will carry it around in their back pockets. Highly recommended for all collections." (May 15, 1998).
It haunted me like my favorite rock songs do.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
I'm not a huge reader, but a book like this could really turn me into one. It speaks straight, real straight. There are insights on every page. There is nothing I like more than than hearing a great rock song. And this book was like a long, epic, scorching piece of Dylan music. I was in heaven.
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