Saul and Patsy: A Novel Audiobook (Unabridged)

" So... try to do a good thing and what do you get? Strange??? "

" this paled in comparison to feast of love. it started out wonderfully then turned into this quasi-conservative take on suicide and, if i recall correctly, terrorism. saul can become quite annoying. "

" I don't know quite what to say about this book. It's very well written, and the story is strangely engrossing. I just don't know what the "point" was. I guess I'd say it's about the anatomy of a marriage -- starting out strong, then declining, but then building back up again to something more durable and satisfying. And in the background is this strange kid who is obssessed with them, and lingers rather like a bad penny (or maybe a good one.. .who knows) throughout the entire story. But Baxter never tells us why. "

" Still good fifth time around. "

" I just couldn't get into it, put it down. "

" This book is well-written. But I just felt the whole male novelist venting his personal opinions thing and it made me feel dumped upon in the middle of the narrative. The whole contempt of the weak and of the so-called townie simpletons grated my nerves. And I like him as a writer. "

" Baxter's line by line writing's great, as is his character work. A plot line kicks in late in the book that I'm not crazy about. Still, a very good read. "

" The characters reminded me a bit of Ed and me. "

" I read this book because of the cover. Hmmm. "

" Someone was getting rid of this book at a swap and I really enjoyed Baxter's The Feast of Love so I took it home expecting great things and was pretty disappointed. Not only was it disjointed, but I was never able to feel empathic toward any of the characters. "

" A young middle class family in Michigan (where else?) surrounded by craziness. Lyrical, insightful, elegant. Funny in spots. Baxter's best novel, IMHO "

" don't expect anything interesting to happen in this novel and you'll love it. "

" I didn't like it as mch as The Feast of Love (which I loved) and just couldn't get it up to feel bad for the obviously fucked-up menace of a student that plagued Saul and his family. "

" More CB goodness. More midwestern goodness. "

" He was on the 2009 UND Writer's Conference panel. Reading the book in a group really helped me understand it. He was a very, very good speaker. "

" a shiksa and a jew marry and live in the midwest. compelling stuff. "

" Saul and Patsy was a big disappointment after Feast of Love. The characters were not sympathetic or realistic, and as the book progressed, the plot became increasingly bizarre and unbelievable. I am usually a great admirerer of Baxter's, but this novel does not live up to his other works. "

" Another story about East Coasters who move to the midwest and think everybody is a hick because they don't get drunk on Chablis and listen to jazz. I made it halfway through the book, but I didn't see any real plot. Just boring. "

" Wonderful warm characters -- I can see why Baxter first "dicovered" them in a short story, which he expanded to a novel. "

" My mind wondered a bunch while reading this book, probably because the story gave me a lot of loose ends to wonder about... "

" I can't even finish this book. I heard a few great things about the author and the story started out sorta interesting. I could care less about Sauls whining, I feel bad that Patsy is married to him, and I can never get through pages at a time....making this the longest book I have ever read. "

" I liked this story about a midwestern couple, their marriage and careers etc. It is a bit dramatic but with a point. I think they (Saul and Patsy) are a story in Baxter's collection of SS called Believers that I really liked. "

" I didn't believe the character portrayals, nor did I like any of the characters. "

" He was on the 2009 UND Writer's Conference panel. Reading the book in a group really helped me understand it. He was a very, very good speaker. "

" I loved the story line but there was something quite off with the writing style... semi remedial in sections, jumped around strangely and the author seems to get a kick out of using obscure words that is distracting to the flow of the story. "

" So... try to do a good thing and what do you get? Strange??? "

" Started very strong but finished weak. "

" An exceedingly tedious book. Another neurotic jewish man with his episcopalian shiksa wife. Then it gets odd with ghosts and possibly zombies. But not really. Or maybe so. Yes, THAT kind of book. Yawn. "

" I didn't like it as mch as The Feast of Love (which I loved) and just couldn't get it up to feel bad for the obviously fucked-up menace of a student that plagued Saul and his family. "

" I liked this story about a midwestern couple, their marriage and careers etc. It is a bit dramatic but with a point. I think they (Saul and Patsy) are a story in Baxter's collection of SS called Believers that I really liked. "

" Someone was getting rid of this book at a swap and I really enjoyed Baxter's The Feast of Love so I took it home expecting great things and was pretty disappointed. Not only was it disjointed, but I was never able to feel empathic toward any of the characters. "

" A young middle class family in Michigan (where else?) surrounded by craziness. Lyrical, insightful, elegant. Funny in spots. Baxter's best novel, IMHO "

" This was a book about nothing. "