Watching

by John Fergus Ryan

Watching is an ode to life-as-lived; bleak, funny, and devastation built around a descriptive account of the sleaze palaces around Times Square. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803893981
• ISBN13: 9780803893986
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Hastings House Book Publishers
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Spectacularly good

I'd agree with the "pro" review above that Ryan owes much to the lean prose of Hemingway. Beautifully constructed, almost poetry in some ways. Rarely does a book as genuinely affecting come along (especially when dealing with subjects as grim as those around which the story revolves). No wasted words, and yet Ryan says more than enough.