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Hailed as "a masterpiece" (NPR), Tinkers, Paul Harding's Pulitzer Prize-winning debut, is a modern classic. The Dallas Morning News observed that "like Faulkner, Harding never shies away from describing what seems impossible to put into words". Here, in Enon, Harding follows a year in the life of Charlie Crosby as he tries to come to terms with a shattering personal tragedy. Grandson of George Crosby (the protagonist of Tinkers), Charlie inhabits the same dynamic landscape of New England, its seasons mirroring his turbulent emotional odyssey. Along the way, Charlie's encounters are brought to life by his wit, his insights into history, and his yearning to understand the big questions. A stunning mosaic of human experience, Enon affirms Paul Harding as one of the most gifted and profound writers of his generation.
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- Audible.com Release Date: September 10, 2013
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Paul Harding exploded onto the literary scene with his first (short) novel, Tinkers. I was one of the first few to read that novel and was not surprised when Harding was awarded the Pulitzer prize. Enon is his second novel. It is set in Massachusetts (Harding's home state), though I believe Enon is fictitious (not sure).
The novel starts off with a bang. Charlie's daughter Kate is struck and killed by a car while visiting the lake with friends. Charlie is out hiking and so hears about the accident via his voicemail. In the first chapter, Harding comes dangerously close to minutiae, but after reading through I understand that Harding was painting a very vivid scene of that horrific day. Charlie notes everything in minute detail, which is clever in a way for the reader. Many people recall certain days in vivid detail, especially terrible days. Pushing through to the second chapter we finally get into the heart and soul of Harding's style.
It's probably not a secret, but the success of Harding's writing is the prose. The words are just beautifully arranged, and not in a way that seems premeditated, but in a naturally flowing way. I started reading this novel and could not put it down once I started. Harding, like many other great authors, has a knack for creating interesting, endearing characters. The characters draw the reader into the story, and the prose keeps us hooked.
I equate his style with folks such as Don DeLillo (also a Pulitzer winner), though a different type of plot of course! I very much enjoyed this story. Charlie and Sue are interesting characters, though Charlie is the focus of the story.
Enon is a difficult book to read and to describe. Difficult because some of the language and writing is very beautiful and moving, evocative even, while the main character is essentially a reprise of the character in Less than Zero, simply transported from New York to a New England village.
Charlie, the main character, has lived his whole life in a small New England village. His is a simple world, home and family, and he has a job as a painter and takes care of lawns. He makes a nice marriage to a woman from the midwest and they have a daughter. Their life is unremarkable until his daughter is killed when riding her bike. That event creates catastrophe for Charlie. He sinks into depression, his wife leaves him and he basically loses the will to live. He seems to haunt the town and live in an increasingly desperate struggle to obtain drugs to remove himself from reality. He sinks lower and lower into a drug-fueled oblivion.
While the writing is often interesting and moving, much about the book seems unusual or slapdash. Charlie's wife, for instance, leaves Charlie as he sinks into depression and is never seen or heard from again after she leaves. She seems to have no interest or involvement in Charlie's life after the death of her daughter. This seems strange that someone who cared enough to marry would have so little involvement as Charlie cries out for help through his actions. Likewise, no one in the small town seems to interact with Charlie or offer him help or counseling. In fact most seem ready to further his spiral into drug abuse. Surrounded by people, Charlie becomes a loner, a ghost, without help or apparent financial support.