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Title: Huge
Subtitle: A Novel
Author: James W. Fuerst
Narrator: Jeff Woodman
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-29-09
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 9 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Life hasn't been easy for Eugene "Huge" Smalls. Sure, his IQ is off the charts, but that doesn't help much when you're growing up in the 1980s in a dreary New Jersey town where your bad reputation precedes you, the public school system's written you off as a lost cause, and even your own family seems out to get you. But it's not all bad. Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett have taught Huge everything he needs to know about being a hard-boiled detective, and he's just been hired to solve his first case. What he doesn't realize is that his search for the truth will change everything for him.
©2009 James W. Fuerst; (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Critic Reviews:
"A coming-of-age tour de force...Huge will occupy a, yes, huge place in readers'affections and memories." (Booklist, starred review)
"James Fuerst is brilliant in the way he immerses the reader both in Huge's mixed-up head and the world in which he lives....hilarious and poignant....[a] wonderfully written debut." (BookPage)
"Credible and engaging, [with] a hero who assumes the most eye-catching characteristics of Holden Caulfield, Phillip Marlowe, and Nick Twisp." (Kirkus Reviews)
Members Reviews:
Unusual Coming of Age Novel
'Eug' or Huge is the name a boy named Eugene wishes to be called. Unfortunately for him, most people can't seem to retain this and instead call him Genie which has been his name since he was small.
We meet Huge on the verge of the teen years when he's faced with trying to fit into a society which he so far has battled due to a wild excess of testosterone mixed into a short but highly athletic body. To say that he's fought his way through his first twelve years is to put it mildly. His belligerence and unpredictability have given him a rep you may associate with a flask of nitroglycerin more than a kid.
Fancying himself a detective, he sets out, (goaded by old grandma) to solve the mystery of some doings at her retirement community. We follow Huge's first person narrative as he addresses both mysteries - the retirement community one and the bigger one of how he is going to position himself in adult society.
We're told Huge is quite intelligent but the author probably gives him more insight into his future and older people than is reasonable. Also sometimes Huge's stream of conscious blather tends to run on a bit long but overall the arc of the character holds the reader's attention well.
The real question is if Huge will, despite having handicapped himself by years of anti-social behavior, be able to integrate himself into society as a whole. If he can, then how can he? The final showdowns are utterly satisfying and do hold together well.
The setting is the 1980's New Jersey. The children's dialect reflects this which probably reflects quite a bit of the author himself. This is not 'War and Peace' or even 'The Naked and the Dead' but it's a pleasant well done small novel worth a read.
Don't overlook this.
This is a really charming book that may easily fall through the cracks; the narrative is a adolescent coming-of-age story, but it's too ribald for the Young Adult market.
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Title: Huge
Subtitle: A Novel
Author: James W. Fuerst
Narrator: Jeff Woodman
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-29-09
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 9 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Life hasn't been easy for Eugene "Huge" Smalls. Sure, his IQ is off the charts, but that doesn't help much when you're growing up in the 1980s in a dreary New Jersey town where your bad reputation precedes you, the public school system's written you off as a lost cause, and even your own family seems out to get you. But it's not all bad. Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett have taught Huge everything he needs to know about being a hard-boiled detective, and he's just been hired to solve his first case. What he doesn't realize is that his search for the truth will change everything for him.
©2009 James W. Fuerst; (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Critic Reviews:
"A coming-of-age tour de force...Huge will occupy a, yes, huge place in readers'affections and memories." (Booklist, starred review)
"James Fuerst is brilliant in the way he immerses the reader both in Huge's mixed-up head and the world in which he lives....hilarious and poignant....[a] wonderfully written debut." (BookPage)
"Credible and engaging, [with] a hero who assumes the most eye-catching characteristics of Holden Caulfield, Phillip Marlowe, and Nick Twisp." (Kirkus Reviews)
Members Reviews:
Unusual Coming of Age Novel
'Eug' or Huge is the name a boy named Eugene wishes to be called. Unfortunately for him, most people can't seem to retain this and instead call him Genie which has been his name since he was small.
We meet Huge on the verge of the teen years when he's faced with trying to fit into a society which he so far has battled due to a wild excess of testosterone mixed into a short but highly athletic body. To say that he's fought his way through his first twelve years is to put it mildly. His belligerence and unpredictability have given him a rep you may associate with a flask of nitroglycerin more than a kid.
Fancying himself a detective, he sets out, (goaded by old grandma) to solve the mystery of some doings at her retirement community. We follow Huge's first person narrative as he addresses both mysteries - the retirement community one and the bigger one of how he is going to position himself in adult society.
We're told Huge is quite intelligent but the author probably gives him more insight into his future and older people than is reasonable. Also sometimes Huge's stream of conscious blather tends to run on a bit long but overall the arc of the character holds the reader's attention well.
The real question is if Huge will, despite having handicapped himself by years of anti-social behavior, be able to integrate himself into society as a whole. If he can, then how can he? The final showdowns are utterly satisfying and do hold together well.
The setting is the 1980's New Jersey. The children's dialect reflects this which probably reflects quite a bit of the author himself. This is not 'War and Peace' or even 'The Naked and the Dead' but it's a pleasant well done small novel worth a read.
Don't overlook this.
This is a really charming book that may easily fall through the cracks; the narrative is a adolescent coming-of-age story, but it's too ribald for the Young Adult market.