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Ron McLarty (1947–2020)

Forfatter af The Memory of Running

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Omfatter også følgende navne: Ron McLarty, Ron MacLarty

Værker af Ron McLarty

The Memory of Running (2004) 2,092 eksemplarer
Traveler (2007) 237 eksemplarer
Art in America: A Novel (2006) 92 eksemplarer
The Dropper (2010) 42 eksemplarer
Viajero (2008) 3 eksemplarer

Associated Works

Amerikanske guder (2001) — Fortæller, nogle udgaver33,497 eksemplarer
De dødes by (1975) — Fortæller, nogle udgaver16,181 eksemplarer
Notes from a Small Island (1995) — Fortæller, nogle udgaver9,781 eksemplarer
Efter solnedgang : fortællinger (2008) — Fortæller, nogle udgaver5,338 eksemplarer
Splitsekund (2003) — Fortæller, nogle udgaver4,462 eksemplarer
Blaze (2007) — Reader, nogle udgaver4,353 eksemplarer
Dødens time (2004) — Fortæller, nogle udgaver4,232 eksemplarer
Forræderne (2007) — Fortæller, nogle udgaver3,900 eksemplarer
Sidste mand (2001) — Reader, nogle udgaver3,359 eksemplarer
The Longest Ride (2013) — Fortæller, nogle udgaver3,154 eksemplarer
The Innocent (2012) — Reader, nogle udgaver2,918 eksemplarer
Zero Day (2011) — Fortæller, nogle udgaver2,832 eksemplarer
Hell's Corner (2010) — Fortæller, nogle udgaver2,525 eksemplarer
True Blue (2009) — Reader, nogle udgaver2,503 eksemplarer
The Hit (2013) — Fortæller, nogle udgaver2,392 eksemplarer
The Forgotten (2012) — Reader, nogle udgaver2,372 eksemplarer
Polar Shift (2005) — Fortæller, nogle udgaver1,986 eksemplarer
The Target (2014) — Fortæller, nogle udgaver1,967 eksemplarer
L.A. Requiem (1999) — Fortæller, nogle udgaver1,828 eksemplarer
The Wolf Gift (2012) — Reader, nogle udgaver1,431 eksemplarer
Be Cool (1999) — Fortæller, nogle udgaver1,396 eksemplarer
102 minutter (2005) — Fortæller, nogle udgaver1,359 eksemplarer
A Season of Gifts (2009) — Fortæller, nogle udgaver771 eksemplarer
Hark! (2004) — Reader, nogle udgaver391 eksemplarer
The Chicken Doesn't Skate (1996) — Fortæller, nogle udgaver359 eksemplarer
Bullseye - An Original Short Story (2014) — Fortæller, nogle udgaver290 eksemplarer
Stationary Bike (2006) — Fortæller, nogle udgaver238 eksemplarer
The Man Who Flew the Memphis Belle: Memoir of a WWII Bomber Pilot (2001) — Fortæller, nogle udgaver227 eksemplarer
The Naked Detective (2000) — Fortæller, nogle udgaver136 eksemplarer
The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree [1979 TV movie] (2008) — Actor — 45 eksemplarer
The Camel Club Audio Box Set [Abridged Audiobook] (2007) — Reader — 26 eksemplarer
Spenser For Hire: The Complete Second Season (2015) — Actor — 7 eksemplarer
A Little Piece of Heaven [1991 TV movie] — Actor — 6 eksemplarer
Spenser For Hire: The Complete Third Season (2015) — Actor — 6 eksemplarer

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Kanonisk navn
McLarty, Ron
Juridisk navn
McLarty, Ronald William
Fødselsdato
1947-04-26
Dødsdag
2020-02-08
Køn
male
Nationalitet
USA
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(2004)Pretty good chronicle of one man trying to cope with the loss of his parents and sister all within weeks of each other. He finds himself on a cross country bicycle ride on a 3-speed Raleigh and starts out at over 280 pounds, heavy smoker & drinker. Transforms himself by the time he gets to Los Angeles.
 
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derailer | 73 andre anmeldelser | Jan 25, 2024 |
I was surprised to like this book. When the person who lent it to me gave me a brief synopsis of the story -- a guy who just starts biking one day after his family died and keeps going -- I immediately said "That sounds like [b:The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry|13227454|The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry|Rachel Joyce|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1335816092s/13227454.jpg|18156927]." It is very similar, but different enough that I would not say they are the same stories on either side of the pond. Both involve someone unlikely to start a pilgrimage who do just that, both have contact with a woman "back home", both have to figure out themselves and get perspective on life, both meet interesting people along the way, and both are interpersed with a story from the past. This book is humbler than Harold Fry, both in how it tells the story and the protagonist himself. It is always first person POV. And of course, this one is about cycling, not walking. I like the back story in this book better, Smithy's sister Bethany who suffers from schizophrenia or maybe multiple personality disorder (whatever it currently is called) and how the family has to continually search for her.

The weird part of this book is Norma, the girl next door who has loved Smithy since she was a child. She still harbours a deep love for him, but it is so weird. He's barely talked to her in 30 years; she (and the author) insist that she is a strong, independent person, yet her love is obsessive and founded on a childhood dream. Yes, their relationship develops through Smithy's journey, but it's premise is not realistic, to me.
Still, worth a read.
… (mere)
 
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LDVoorberg | 73 andre anmeldelser | Dec 24, 2023 |
The therapist character on HBO's "In Treatment" gave this novel a new life. Paul seemed ready to dump his girlfriend because she blew off his recommendation of this book. Maybe a scriptwriter's conceit, plugging a book by an actor with a recurring role on "Law & Order." Or maybe an ironic joke, name-checking a book populated by clueless characters, in a series filled with unreliable narrators.

Well, I stumble through life stumbling on books about men stumbling through life. Must be part of the zeitgeist. The police procedural fits an awkward man comfortably in border-town life. Here an alcoholic assembly-line inspector flees his troubles, or sorts through them in flashback. He's haunted by her crazy sister's ghost, the most believable part of a picaresque trip in which Smithy cheerfully endures all manner of abuse.

After cycling cross-country Smithy hasn't traveled very far, or at least it's no spoiler alert that he ends up clean and sober with the girl next door. He's still kind of clueless, but maybe it's comforting to Middle Age Man that he's working on it.
… (mere)
 
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rynk | 73 andre anmeldelser | Jul 11, 2021 |
No idea why it was on my wishlist, as I didn't track that way back when.

Good book - Smithson "Smithy" Ides is an overweight middle aged guy whose whole family is gone within a week - Mom and Dad died of injuries from a car accident, and emotionally troubled sister Bethany turns up in a homeless morgue in LA. Smithy finds his old bike in the garage, and sets off on a quest to get to Bethany from Rhode Island to LA, along the way turning into the man that he wants to be.
 
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nancynova | 73 andre anmeldelser | Mar 12, 2021 |

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