Spinners - Tapa blanda

-- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

?McCarten is part barker, part juggler, part aerialist. . . . While never losing his humor, McCarten seriously considers how discombobulating a story . . . can be in an unstable society.?--"New York Times?An amusing portrait of a tiny New Zealand town struggling to cope with teenage sexuality, bad PR, and space aliens.?--"Los Angeles Times ?McCarten keenly juxtaposes the absurd and the grotesque, hilarity and pain. . . . [His] ability to evoke the many faces of a small town by juggling simultaneous scenes and multiple subplots is almost Dickensian. . . . McCarten shares Dickens' capacity to borrow the harsh lines and humor of caricature without sacrificing the humanity of his characters.?--"San Francisco Examiner?McCarten takes his readers on an amusing, cynical and often tender romp through small-town New Zealand. . . . ["Spinners] has an often dark and quite wicked sense of humor.?--"Washington Times?A remarkably sweet and tender love story of a very odd and affecting sort.?--"San Diego Tribune?A clever plot and solid characters make ["Spinners] a laugh-out-loud treat.?--"Tampa Tribune?Zippy dialogue, fantastically funny characters . . . "Spinners is a fun romp and commentary on our scandal-hungry culture.?--"St. Petersburg Times?[McCarten's] dramatist's ear for language comes through beautifully . . . All is not what it seems in "Spinners, a quiet, graceful novel about the yearnings of the human heart.?--"Minneapolis Star Tribune?There are enough lustrous passages in "Spinners to give it a translucent glow'alien spaceship or not.?--"Newsday [McCarten's] wry, lighthearted treatment of a bizarre situation often gives way to little, thoughtful moments that betray larger emotionaltruths.?--"Santa Rosa Press Democrat?Thoroughly engrossing . . . bright, witty and hilarious: McCarten knows exactly how far he can push the envelope, and he doesn't let up until the very last minute. More, please.?--"Kirkus Reviews (starred)?One of New Zealand's best-known playwrights explores the powers of the imagination when confronted with seemingly inexplicable events. McCarten has wrapped a mystery around contemporary issues . . . in this fine fiction debut.?--"Booklist (starred)