Love in the Days of Rage

Lawrence Ferlinghetti
1988
Rating: 2.5

I gave this novella 35 pages, which is a third of the book, and I decided to put it down because it was dull and flat. There is some good writing in it, Ferlinghetti is a significant poet, but what killed it for me was the male protagonist droning on and on about his childhood and his political beliefs. He did better work with the female protagonist. But the dude’s rambling monologs I could not abide.

I think maybe even a bit more so than usual I was impatient with this book. Maybe in a few months I’ll pick it up again and start reading where I left off, see if it goes anywhere.