Comments on: Tobias Wolff: The Barrack’s Thief

By: Trevor

Trevor — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:47:33 +0000

You will love this one too then, Isabel. The barracks are in the U.S. I think, though I may be wrong, somewhere down south, so in your general neck of the woods.

By: Isabel

Isabel — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:29:23 +0000

I love his works. I need to add this one to my TBR pile.

These barracks – are they in the US or Vietnam?

By: Trevor

Trevor — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:00:32 +0000

I thought In the Bedroom was excellent! Sounds like I should get some Dubus.

By: Wilson Knut

Wilson Knut — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:42:22 +0000

I updated my avatar, so that’s probably why I had to be moderated again. In The Bedroom is a short collection of Dubus’ stories that may be a good introduction. The movie by the same name is based on his story “Killings.”

By: Trevor

Trevor — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:14:01 +0000

I saw the blurb, Wilson, but I’m going to show my ignorance by saying I don’t even know who Andre Dubus is. Now, his blurb (and your comment, mostly) is incentive to find out.

By the way, I’m not sure why your comment here had to go up for moderation again. Usually once I’ve allowed someone to comment, they can comment without that step for ever more. Perhaps you changed some of your sign-in information — I notice that in this comment your avatar showed up where it didn’t in the last.

By: Wilson Knut

Wilson Knut — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:44:50 +0000

Interesting theme. I like the fact that out of all the seemingly “loose” events, Wolff chooses the thief incident for the title. Andre Dubus is a favorite of mine, so his blurb on the cover is incentive enough to buy this. Thanks for the review.