Astral Projection

By Edward O'Connor

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679311157
• ISBN13: 9780679311157
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Random House Canada
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.7" x 0.9" x 5.7"

Customer Reviews

Astral Projection

Teenage boy Goodwin, escaping from a homefront of warring, drunken parents in a lower middle class Miami neighbourhood , discovers the guitar; Buffington, his alcoholic music teacher; and how to survive, in this coming-of-age novel of the '60s. The writing in O'Connor's first novel is at once sparse yet fertile, and by the end of the journey, one is left, if somewhat unexpectedly, with the desire for a sequel. What happens to Goodwin as he ventures further afield? And, surprisingly, because we've come to care, what happens to Buffington? O'Connor creates detailed images with his imaginative use of a writer's tools, without taking away the reader's use of his own imagination. As for the title and its intended symbolism in the context of this novel? I will let the book clubbers delve into that. I was too busy enjoying the book!