Jan Brofka-Berends started reading Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
This is a story about Peter Duke who went on to be a famous actor. This is a story about …
Look, this sort of book leans into wild speculation, but the writing is very good. It’s old enough that the author didn’t have as easy access to some internet resources as we do today. (For instance, note I can Google a line or two from an obscure poem and find its source. Two decades ago that was unreliable. Google Search was less than two years old when the book was published and not yet a household name!)
So some of the mystery is now easily dispelled that once felt compelling.
Still, the tales are fun, and even spooky if you let yourself read uncritically.
