The lighthouse james novel7/5/2023 ![]() The basic premise is this: Peter O’Banyon is a terminal cancer patient who feels compelled to narrate his life story to Kathleen, his daughter. But even with the constant jumps in point of view and time, it’s still remarkably predictable. ![]() The plot is fragmented and messy – and not in a good way, either. The book made me chuckle so much, I almost feel bad about giving it an F. It’s actually a quote from James Michael Pratt’s The Lighthouse Keeper, and believe me, that’s just one of the many gems scattered throughout the book, all of them equally awkward and most of them unintentionally hilarious. No, that’s not a line from some bizarre gay porno set in World War II. ![]() “How many of those Nazi bastards did you kill?” General Patton asked, squinting in eyeball-to-eyeball contact with the stiffly standing, erect, and at-attention sergeant. ![]()
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