Grand Boulevard is a tightly written contemporary novel about the homeless and the homed on Grand Boulevard. This week, we learn more about Bruce, in particular his divorce. We're introduced to his teenage daughter. We learn more about the man who collects Bruce's bottles. We learn that Bruce's neighbour, the novel's main narrator, fears the woman living in her flower bushes and that the death of her son, two years earlier, has strained her relationship with her husband.
In Do the Wrong Thing, we get more of modern day Ava's relationship with Joe, her boyfriend. She talks about how she makes more money than him and how if affects their relationship.
Story Listing:
00:00 Cindy - Grand Boulevard - contemporary novel excerpt.
07:54 Malcolm van Delst - Do the Wrong Thing - character driven, narrative novel excerpt - http://malcolmvandelst.com.
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