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Setting the Lawn on Fire
Setting the Lawn on Fire
Author: Mack Friedman
Setting the Lawn on Fire, the first novel by critically acclaimed writer Mack Friedman, trails its narrator through his obsessions with sex, drugs, art, and poison. Ivan, a young Jewish boy from Milwaukee, embarks on a journey of sexual discovery that leads him from Wisconsin to Alaska, Philadelphia, and Mexico through stints as a fishery...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780299213404
ISBN-10: 0299213404
Publication Date: 10/7/2005
Pages: 160
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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Stream of consciousness writing. It had its moments, enough for me to read to the end. Overall the protagonist devolved if that is the right word for losing one's mind.


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