What Harry Saw

By Moran, Thomas P

Publishers Summary:
The Los Angeles Times compared his debut novel, The Man in the Box, to works by Elie Wiesel and Cynthia Ozick. His second novel, The World I Made for Her, reconfirmed his ability to "immerse you utterly in whatever moment he chooses to describe" (The New York Times Book Review). And in his third novel, Water, Carry Me, he created "one of the most remarkable characters to grace fiction's pages" (The Washington Post Book World). Now, Thomas Moran brings us a brilliantly flawed protagonist who captures a failing all too common among men: He sees only what he wants to see. Harry Hull's short list of things he'd rather forget includes the last three hundred days of his father's life; the cold, hard look from a woman who'd just told him she was pregnant; and the sight of a young girl's fall from a high bluff overlooking the sea. As he recalls his stormy but ever hopeful relationships, we see that Harry's struggles are a test of his capacity to know himself. In the end, as is true for so many of us, what Harry saw is not nearly as unsettling-or as vigorously life-changing-as what he's failed to see.

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ISBN
978-1-57322-224-2
Publisher
Riverhead Hardcover


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Reviewed on August 12, 2002

Harry Hull returns to Australia after his Vietnam service as little more than a shell of a man. His psyche already damaged by his mother's early death, he feels a distance between himself and those around him, and his guarded and self-protective manner continually undercut his attempts to find happiness. The novel follows him through two dec...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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