Author Mark Leyner contemplates fathers, daughters and time
Author Mark Leyner contemplates fathers, daughters and time By Andrew Dansby, Staff writer © Little Brown & Co. Mark Leynder collage Twenty-five years ago when I arrived in New York, a friend born and raised there passed along a novel and two story collections written by Mark Leyner. He suggested the books were required reading for anyone new to the city, and they did in fact reflect its rush of stimuli on a newcomer. Leyner’s language was dense, his imagery visceral and his conveyance of ideas could induce a sort of reader’s whiplash. Sentimentality appeared to be in fa...
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