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That Old Ace in the Hole (review)

That Old Ace in the Hole (review) unable to tell or understand his own. At the heart of the novel, Sam returns to AustraUa after his gray sky. We stayed there well past seven o'clock, the evening chiU making us feel oddly aUve, until moonlight spilled like milk down around us." This novel demonstrates Pierce's marriage fails. At his Uncle Will's nursery, he finds he's not the only one dealing with grief. WUl's lover, BasU, has recently died, m a pastogether to scatter BasU's ashes in the mountains. It's one of the most sage of muted beauty, they set off moving scenes in the novel, though Pierce deUvers many fine moments. To understand how love can gift for poetic imagery and artful metaphors. The novel's final pages take the reader to surprising places, eschewing a predictable ending. The Austra- lia Stories is an impressive book and be expected from Todd James Pierce. (TB) That Old Ace in the Hole hints strongly at future marvels to grandmother's letters, unpublished journals and his own memories. Confronted by mysteries, Sam faces what Robert Penn Warren called be so easüy lost, Sam searches his by Annie Proulx Scribner, 2002, 384 pp., $26 Annie Proulx's fourth novel, That Old Ace http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Missouri Review University of Missouri

That Old Ace in the Hole (review)

Parkinson, Elicia.
The Missouri Review , Volume 26 (1) – Oct 5, 2003
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unable to tell or understand his own. At the heart of the novel, Sam returns to AustraUa after his gray sky. We stayed there well past seven o'clock, the evening chiU making us feel oddly aUve, until moonlight spilled like milk down around us." This novel demonstrates Pierce's marriage fails. At his Uncle Will's nursery, he finds he's not the only one dealing with grief. WUl's lover, BasU, has recently died, m a pastogether to scatter BasU's ashes in the mountains. It's one of the most sage of muted beauty, they set off moving scenes in the novel, though Pierce deUvers many fine moments. To understand how love can gift for poetic imagery and artful metaphors. The novel's final pages take the reader to surprising places, eschewing a predictable ending. The Austra- lia Stories is an impressive book and be expected from Todd James Pierce. (TB) That Old Ace in the Hole hints strongly at future marvels to grandmother's letters, unpublished journals and his own memories. Confronted by mysteries, Sam faces what Robert Penn Warren called be so easüy lost, Sam searches his by Annie Proulx Scribner, 2002, 384 pp., $26 Annie Proulx's fourth novel, That Old Ace

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Published: Oct 5, 2003

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