That Old Cape Magic is a novel of deep introspection and every family feeling imaginable, with a middle-aged man confronting his parents and their failed marriage, his own troubled one, his daughter’s new life and, finally, what it was he thought he wanted and what in fact he has. The storytelling is flawless throughout, moments of great comedy and even hilarity alternating with others of rueful understanding 4/5(). In middle-age, Jack and Joy return to the Cape with most, if not all, of their dreams having been realized, to attend the first of two weddings that bookend That Old Cape Magic, Richard Russo’s reflective new novel. This time, however, there is more that brings Jack . · That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo. Publication Date: June 1, ; Genres: Fiction; Paperback: pages; Publisher: Vintage; ISBN ; ISBN
Such is the case with year-old Griffin, the central character in Richard Russo's novel "That Old Cape Magic.". His life is in a state of upheaval. He is separated from his wife, his daughter is getting married and he has yet to decide what he really wants to be when he grows up. That Old Cape Magic is a novel of deep introspection and every family feeling imaginable, with a middle-aged man confronting his parents and their failed marriage, his own troubled one, his daughter's new life and, finally, what it was he thought he wanted and what in fact he has. The storytelling is flawless throughout, moments of great. By Richard Russo. Hardcover, pages. Knopf. List Price: $ Read An Excerpt. Richard Russo's glistening, new chambered nautilus of a novel is called That Old Cape Magic, but it might just.
That Old Cape Magic (), a novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo, centers on the life of Jack Griffin, a former LA screenwriter who now lives in New England and works as a professor. Nearing retirement age, over the course of a year, Jack is forced to come to grips with the deaths of both parents, and the long-repressed. That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo. Publication Date: June 1, ; Genres: Fiction; Paperback: pages; Publisher: Vintage; ISBN ; ISBN That Old Cape Magic is Pulitzer Prize-winning American author Richard Russo's seventh novel. First published in , [1] the novel is much lighter in content than his previous work, the somber work Bridge of Sighs, which followed some upstate New York characters across several decades.
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