![]() ![]() The two meet when Paul drops by Lexy's yard sale, buys a device for shaping hard-boiled eggs into squares, then returns with a bunch of square eggs ("And we stood there smiling, with the plate between us, the egg-cubes glowing palely in the growing dark"). Paul's narration oscillates between his present-day experiences and the backstory of his romance with Lexy Ransome, a mask maker. The tantalizing prospect of linguistics professor Paul Iverson attempting to teach Lorelei to talk is given short, and erratically plotted, shrift. 27), probably mostly for this concept, because the execution of this first novel is flawed. Parkhurst's debut novel has been getting a lot of pre-pub attention (see PW's First Fiction feature, Jan. ![]() To find out what happened-accident? suicide?-her grieving husband tries to teach the dog to talk. ![]() It's a terrific high concept: a woman falls from a backyard tree and dies the only witness is the family dog, a Rhodesian Ridgeback. A review with a blue-tinted title indicates a book of unusual commercial interest that hasn't received a starred or boxed review. A starred or boxed review indicates a book of outstanding quality. ![]()
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