Ten Thousand Saints A Novel [Paperback]

Henderson does not hold back once: she writes the hell out of every moment, every scene, every perspective, every fleeting impression, every impulse and desire.... She is never ironic or underwhelmed; her preferred mode is fierce, devoted and elegiac.One of the Book Reviews 10 Best Books of 2011&[A] raucous first novelRarely has a coming-of-age novel captured a time and place-here the late 1980s on Manhattans Lower East Side-with such perfect pitch. Grade: A[Henderson] has a perfect ear for conversation between siblings; the way a lazy spat can turn into a grudging moment of closeness. And the euphoria of the straight edge movement that Jude and Johnny embrace suffuses the novel with a reckless, glib joy&a bittersweet, lovely book.The best and most lyrically written coming-of-age novel of the year.[A] rare debut that, with a flinty kind of nostalgia, invokes both the gods and demons of a generation.An irresistibly rich and engrossing novel&poignant, complex&Henderson brilliantly evokes the gritty energy of New York City in the 80s, and the violent euphoria of the music scene. The hard-edged settings highlight the touching vulnerability of young characters.Highbrow/Brilliant: All the all-star sentences in Eleanor Hendersons punk-rock-teen novel Ten Thousand Saints.Ten Thousand Saints is a whirling dervish of a first novela planet, a universe, a trip. As wild as that may sound, wonder of wonders, the book is also carefully and lovingly created& [Henderson] writes with great compassion but does not flinch[The] reader smells the sweat, blood, urine, beer; hears the crowds screaming; feels herself at times flung into the mosh pit - Henderson shepherds her characters with blatant affection&raucous, wounded, sweet, spasmodically desperate, [Saints] comes to feel like a modern, drug-and-rock-riddled version of Peter Pan&Hendersons debut novel bursts out of the gate with all of the drive and sensory assault of the punk music that infuses it&. Its le