Magic Time

En remontant le Mississippi… En remontant le temps… Le temps où une partie de l’Amérique se complaisait et se vautrait avec délices dans le ségrégationnisme. "Bah, on ne faisait que suivre la mouvance", vous diraient-ils pour se défendre, un peu comme ceux qui dirent un jour qu’ils n’avaient fait qu’......more

I absolutely loved this book, except for about 10 pages near the end, which were just too unbelievable and overly theatrical. If you can ignore them, I'd recommend this book. It's a shame this author died so young......more

after reading "The Bridge" I was anxious to read this one. Too bad this author only wrote two books before his death. I liked this one as much as the first. It is a little confusing at times when he moves between the 1990's and 1964 -- the chapter titles don't clarify that for you. But if you can ge......more

Well-researched but bogged down with detail and became tedious in places, about 100 pages too long, all the right players in the story, replete with large doses of snarky, self-deprecation on the part of white southerners and Jews.......more

Interesting plot, good use of actual history to provide context and setting, decent characters (though a few were a touch over-the-top). No spoilers, but the denouement was hilariously contrived and truly unnecessary.......more