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3 de ago. de 2005 · Luther Albright, the fussy, maddening, heartbreaking narrator of MacKenzie Bezos’ outstanding first novel, The Testing of Luther Albright, is someone you know.He’s the prissy colleague who ...
19 de jan. de 2019 · MacKenzie Bezos’ first book, “The Testing of Luther Albright,” was published in 2005, and her second, “Traps,” in 2013. She was an aspiring fiction writer with an audacious start along ...
The Testing of Luther Albright MacKenzie Bezos, . . Fourth Estate, $23.95 (256pp) ISBN 978-0-06-075141-8
But when an earthquake shakes his Sacramento home, the world Luther has constructed with such care begins to tilt: his son's behavior becomes increasingly bizarre and threatening, his loving wife seems to grow distant, the house he built with his own hands shows its first signs of decay, and a dam of his design comes under investigation for structural flaws exposed by the tremors.
-- New York Times Book ReviewLuther Albright is a builder of dams, a man whose greatest pride (besides his family) is running his hands over the true planes of the house he built himself and knowing that he's constructed something that will shield and shelter them from harm.A relatively minor incident -- an earthquake that shakes his Sacramento home--reveals fault lines and cracks in the ...
In "The Testing of Luther Albright," MacKenzie Bezos draws you into the intimacy of Luther Albright's mind. We hear his every thought and experience every nuance. The writing is personal and inviting all while it is occasionally especially revealing. This is a meticulously researched novel with a distinct male voice.
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A civil engineer and devoted father, Luther Albright is alarmed when he sees cracks developing in the facade of his family. His teenage son’s behaviour is becoming increasingly bizarre and threatening; meanwhile, a dam Luther built comes under investigation for structural flaws following an earthquake.
