John G. reviewed Stoner by John Williams (NYRB Classics)
William Stoner is born at the end of the nineteenth century into a dirt-poor Missouri …
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3 stars
Stoner is like an Aaron Copland piece: although plain and predictable in just about every way, its chords are the kind that lodge themselves in your mind, and play on their own in a loop. Weeks and even months after I finished this book, I found myself thinking about its message.