The Natural Order of Things, by Kevin P. Keating
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The Natural Order of Things, by Kevin P. Keating
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From a startling new voice in American fiction comes a dark, powerful novel about a tragic city and its inhabitants over the course of one Halloween weekend. Set in a decaying Midwestern urban landscape, with its goings-on and entire atmosphere dominated and charged by one Jesuit prep school and its students, parents, faculty, and alumni, The Natural Order of Things is a window into the human condition. From the opening chapter and its story of the doomed quarterback, Frank McSweeney, aka The Minotaur, for whom prayers prove not enough, to the end, wherein the school's former headmaster is betrayed by his peers in the worst way possible, we see people and their oddness and ambitions laid out bare before us.
The Natural Order of Things, by Kevin P. Keating- Amazon Sales Rank: #115562 in Audible
- Published on: 2015-03-31
- Format: Unabridged
- Original language: English
- Running time: 622 minutes
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Black Alone By Daniel Myers From the first page in the first story in this despairing grotesquerie of interwoven stories, all thrusting before us various hells of human life, it’s evident whom author Keating desires to emulate and best: The early Cormac McCarthy of Child of God, Suttree and Blood Meridian. Indeed, the author has lifted entire phrases from Suttree in particular to create this witches’ cauldron of human lives floating around in the muck, despairing creatures reduced to, nay passionately intent on the degradation upon degradation of each other, to a one.But it doesn’t work. Even if you give the “all this happens over a Halloween weekend” excuse, which isn't true of the story “Zanzibar” by the bye, the characters are simply too depraved and cruelly wicked to be believable. Yes, it’s disturbing, but disturbing in the way Stephen King disturbs me at least: That someone would conjure up such a hodgepodge of grisly, utterly dehumanising stories full of wretched, depraved to the point of unbelief, characters is indeed an affront to any literary or artistic sensibility.I suppose it must be conceded that Keating does write better than King, even if many lines are lifted. But that doesn’t make it a worthwhile book. What makes McCarthy’s books good, and this one not is Keating’s thematic droning repetitiveness, his refusal to bequeath one single character even an ounce of kindness, which forms just as much a part of human life as the dark and degraded aspects do,In the story “The Spy”, the character George speaks of “a veritable decameron of horrors not to be believed.” Exactly, George. What Keating has effectively done here is taken a Bosch painting and tarred it with opaque feculence to the extent that all one can see is black.It’s boring to look at black alone.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful. A Poignant Perspective By Odette The tales in this book leave the reader pondering "The Natural Order of Things"; the aftermath of the daily visits by fortunate students and 'tourists' who visit a decaying inner city and its struggling inhabitants. The stories are conveyed with varying degrees of concern interspersed with touches of humor. Eloquently written, even the worst is tempered by thoughtfully-chosen locution. I highly recommend this book to everyone who appreciates well-told, thought-provoking tales.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A dark, visceral view of the emotionally downtrodden By Christian Schrader There is not much joy in this novel, but that makes it no less compelling. Everyone has their secrets and desires, no matter their social, economic or religious strata. Disappointment and disenfranchisement lurk around every corner.I can see this book becoming a modern gothic staple, not just because it takes place in the shadows of an aging and structurally imposing Jesuit prep school. There is horror, but not of the supernatural sort, strictly based on human experience and motivation. There is romance, but exploding the constructs of that genre. The storyline is non-traditional, focusing on the many characters over a primarily short time frame.I actually cringed in revulsion at least once, but once I began, the book was quickly finished as the pages demanded to be turned.
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