Hell

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• Hell: A Novel

  Setting a novel in hell takes confidence. The kind of confidence that a Pulitzer Prize instills in a person, no doubt. That could be the reason behind Robert Olen Butler's recent literary descent into the fiery afterlife. Or perhaps he just felt it w ... (read full critics)

  austinchronicle published on Tue, 7 Sep 2010

• Bookreporter.com - HELL by Robert Olen Butler

  There’s a line of Baudelaire’s that aptly describes Robert Olen Butler’s depiction of Hell: “An oasis of horror in a desert of boredom.” This isn’t to say HELL is a tedious read --- far from it --- but think less fire and brimstone and more the sorro ... (read full critics)

  bookreporter published on Sat, 28 Aug 2010

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  Interesting and extremely original book, but sometimes it becomes too complicated and it's a bit pretentious. At the end of the day Butler is not Dante :)

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• English Books
• Hardcover 232 Pages
• Edition: 1
• ISBN-10: 0802119018
• ISBN-13: 9780802119018
• Publisher: Grove Press
• Pub date: Jan 01, 2009

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