Clock Without Hands
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Arrived from betterworldbooks some time in the last three weeks, when I was out of town.
This copy is not the same as listed above; it was printed in the Netherlands in 1965.
This copy is not the same as listed above; it was printed in the Netherlands in 1965.
A glimpse into a small southern town during the time that segregation was challenged, and white southerners were faced with the possibility of having to sit next to a black person on the bus. Characters in the novel express a range of views, most of them against the federal mandates.
The center of the novel is J.T. Malone, however, who has just been told he has leukemia and that it is terminal. It is his life that seems like a clock without hands, as he struggles with the diagnosis. He bumps up against the months, feeling the injustice, hoping the doctors are exaggerating, coming to grips with reality.
It's a revealing portrait of a town and a man, and possibly even a good representation of what it is like for many facing death.
The center of the novel is J.T. Malone, however, who has just been told he has leukemia and that it is terminal. It is his life that seems like a clock without hands, as he struggles with the diagnosis. He bumps up against the months, feeling the injustice, hoping the doctors are exaggerating, coming to grips with reality.
It's a revealing portrait of a town and a man, and possibly even a good representation of what it is like for many facing death.
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