Happened Hoboken Eugene C Flinn Our professors is the wife of Eugene and made us buy it

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Hoboken Hiliarity Eugene Flinn has the gift of spotting the unique in the apparently oridinary and transforming it into entertaining short stories in a straightforward style that is reminiscent of some of the great short story writers of the nineteenth century and which makes the plot twists and endings all the more effective.In this volume all the stories are set in Hoben NJ that quintessential example of the American melting pot whose characters' Italian Irish Jewish Polish working class and Yuppie voices are caught by Flinn's sensitive ear.
Gene Flinn is a comic genius I simply loved reading the 22 stories in this collection by Eugene Flinn. Where has this author been hiding? He is a comic genius in the style of William Kennedy O'Toole.Like O'Toole's Pultizerprize winning novel The Confederacy of Dunces Flinn's It Happened in Hoboken is loaded with richly drawn characters colorful hilarious dialogue and plots that surprise and delight with every twist and turn. It Happened in Hoboken is a map of the lively waterfront city the way James Joyce's The Dubliners is a map of old Dublin.Flinn is an author to be watched. His style is up there with the very best of Irish storytellers.
Flynn's Unforgettable Hoboken With a history recorded in newsreels and nonfiction the oncefamous face of Hoboken is fading into obscurity buried beneath the new construction of Progress. Who remembers the waterfront? The old bars on narrow streets? The people who once lived in this thriving port city? Eugene Flynn remembers and has immortalized it all in a collection of very funny tales.This would be a wonderful read for lovers of the city and short stories alike. These unforgettable journeys into the hilarious and unexpected are fastpaced balanced and masterfully composed.It's hard not to smile while reading these engaging tales. It's hard not to laugh out loud. Flynn dances between irony satire sardonic humor and goodnatured fun with ease and every character is memorable.With every line of dialogue or engaging imagery the reader can feel the city come to life around them. The shadowy bars the great food the rowdy workers mixing with the college kids and the salty smell of the sea.
Our professors is the wife of Eugene and made us buy it I was first turned off with he fact that we had to buy the book to line the pockets of our professors husband Eugene. She then made us come up with ways to market the book and graded us on our creativity. This was a class that was totally unrelated to marketing. If I remember correctly it was about 10 years ago it was a class about the history of film. That left a bad taste in my mouth so I guess you can say I disliked the book even before I read it.About the book For one of our assignments we had to read a few stories and write reports about them. One of the stories that I remember was in the children stories section. To make a long story short it was about a little girl that hid under a table every time a man came around because she was getting molested by that man. That story is totally inappropriate for children. There were quite a few odd stories in the book. None of which I or the entire class of 30+ people were interested in.I passed the class but I fail this book.
A first rate collection of humerous beautifully written stories. This collection of short stories brings the crazy but true to life characters of prehipster Hoboken to life with perceptive humor and a deep abiding affection for the city. Dr. Flinn writes with the finesse of a great poet and the magic of a master storyteller. A true page turner I recommend this book has one of the best I've read in years.
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