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The Town (U.K.)
Guests(USA)
By Bentley Little
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What would you do if you won the
lottery? Or, perhaps, the question should be what wouldn't you do? What
Gregory Tomasov does is to pack in his job, and pack up his family, and
leave California.
Gregory has become disenchanted with
his life and his lifestyle. He finds big town life too materialistic,
and, of course big towns can be dangerous places. Seeking a better
place to rear his children he heads back to the idyllic small town of McGuane,
where he grew up. As well as his wife and children, he also takes his
mother with him. Much to his mother's consternation, the one person
that he forgets to invite is the, 'Owner of the House,' Jedushka Di
Muvedushka. According to his mother's Molokan beliefs Jedushka is a
protective spirit that acts as a protector of the home and family, and
every time a move is made the little man must be invited.
You might not be surprised to find
that
this is a mistake that they all come to regret.
This is a novel of two names. In the
U.K.
it is called The
Town. In the U.S.A. it is called
Guests.
But a rose, by any other name, is still a rose; and I have got to say
that I like this rose's thorns. It is one hell of a good read. The
characters are believable and well developed, and it is hard not to
like them. I, personally, liked the characters very much, but the
things that happen to some of them are nothing short of tragic.
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