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In Family Life, Russell Banks's first novel, he transforms the dramas of domesticity into the story of a royal family in a mythical contemporary kingdom. Life inside this kingdom includes the king (dubbed "the Hearty" or "the Bluff"), who squeals angrily as is his wont; the queen, who, while pondering the mirror in her chambers, decides to write a book; three adolescent princes who are, respectively, a superb wrestler, a fanatical sports car driver, and a sullen drunk. Then there are the mysterious Green Man with a thing for princes; the Loon, who lives in a tree house designed by Christopher Wren; and a whole slew of murders, mayhem, coups, debauches, world tours, and love and loss and laughter.
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Tamara Froh
reviewed Family life on July 27, 2019
Family life
I think this was a really awful book. I read the entire book because it was a) short and b) probably intellectual and deep and I just didn't get it.
I had not read Russell Banks Before. Not sure I will After. I found this book terribly offensive but with the idea that it was maybe SUPPOSED to be offensive. I have no idea. The depiction of Native Americans! For shock value? Making a statement? Cringe-worthy.
It was written in the 70s and then reprinted several times so I must be missing something. I see it is supposed to be a humorous allegory of life in the 70s in LA in suburbia. I totally did not get it. Was it supposed to be funny? Humorous it was not. Although I have no issues with LGBTQ people, I could not figure out why everyone was participating in gay sex, mostly non-consensual. WTF??
Okay, I did not get it. Born too late into a politically correct world, perhaps?
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