· William McPherson’s first novel, Testing the Current, was originally published in , which seems all wrong. Set among the wealthy classes in . · Quotes by William McPherson. “Books give us pleasure not because they make us comfortable, though some good ones may, but because they entertain us, they make us laugh, they make us cry; they inform, persuade, disturb, convince, seduce us; they make us think, speculate, see - and we recognize what we see as true, not as the truth but as a /5. · In Testing the Current William McPherson subtly sets off his wide-eyed protagonist’s perspective with mature reflection and wry humor and surrounds him with a cast of vibrant characters, creating a scrupulously observed portrait of a place and time that will shimmer in readers’ minds long after the final page is www.doorway.ru: New York Review Books.
"William McPherson's first novel is an extraordinary, intelligent, powerful and, I believe, permanent contribution to the literature of family, childhood and memory From the first sentence of Testing the Current to the last, there is not one false note, one forced image. It is a novel written with great skill, and with love. [PDF] Testing the Current | by ↠ William McPherson, Testing the Current, William McPherson, Testing the Current Growing up in a small upper Midwestern town in the late s young Tommy MacAllister is scarcely aware of the Depression much less the rumblings of war in Europe For his parents and their set life seems to revolve around dinners and dancing at the country club tennis dates and rounds. Testing the Current by William McPherson, D.T. Max | Editorial Reviews. NOOK Book (eBook) $ Paperback. $ NOOK Book. $ View All Available Formats Editions. Sign in to Purchase Instantly. Available on Compatible NOOK Devices and the free NOOK Apps.
Quotes by William McPherson. “Books give us pleasure not because they make us comfortable, though some good ones may, but because they entertain us, they make us laugh, they make us cry; they inform, persuade, disturb, convince, seduce us; they make us think, speculate, see - and we recognize what we see as true, not as the truth but as a. William McPherson’s first novel, Testing the Current, was originally published in , which seems all wrong. Set among the wealthy classes in upper Michigan in the late s, the book evokes. In Testing the Current William McPherson subtly sets off his wide-eyed protagonist’s perspective with mature reflection and wry humor and surrounds him with a cast of vibrant characters, creating a scrupulously observed portrait of a place and time that will shimmer in readers’ minds long after the final page is turned.
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