Reviews for The Foreigner

The average rating for The Foreigner based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-08-13 00:00:00 Ben Stokes This is an extremely short little book, but it is still a powerful little story. I read it in one night. It reads a bit more like a fable than a regular story, and the writing is clearly a bit Victorian. Try it!

Review # 2 was written on 2016-08-23 00:00:00 Sandra Fauna Great title! ["Whirligigs" is O. Henry's 10th book, released in 1910 - the year he died.] Apparently O. Henry never wrote a novel! (Though de Maupassant did.) He has a magnificent, erratic style I am tempted to call "operatic pulp": "Hartley pressed the 'McComus' button. The door latch clicked spasmodically - now hospitably, now doubtfully, as though in anxiety whether it might be admitting friends or duns. Hartley entered and began to climb the stairs after the manner of those who seek their friends in city flat-houses - which is the manner of a boy who climbs an apple-tree, stopping when he comes upon what he wants." That's from "'Girl.'" I read this book slowly, at my dad's house, and have forgotten this story, which is the sixth in the collection.… Part Two Now I remember! "'Girl'" is a sexual joke. Hartley, a 29 year old broker, appears to be having an affair with a radiant young woman named Vivienne. He hires a detective to track her down, visits her in her apartment, says things like: "My dear girl, have I not told you that you shall have everything that your heart can desire that is in my power to give you?" It turns out he's hiring Vivienne as a cook!