So Much Blue

By: Percival Everett

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Kevin Pace is working on a painting that he won't allow anyone to see: not his children, not his best friend, Richard, not even his wife, Linda. The painting is a canvas of 12 feet by 21 feet (and three inches) that is covered entirely in shades of blue. It may be his masterpiece or it may not; he doesn't know or, more accurately, doesn't care.

What Kevin does care about are the events of the past. Ten years ago he had an affair with a young watercolorist in Paris. Kevin relates this event with a dispassionate air, even a bit of puzzlement. It's not clear to him why he had the affair, but he can't let it go. In the more distant past of the late '70s, Kevin and Richard traveled to El Salvador on the verge of war to retrieve Richard's drug-dealing brother, who had gone missing without explanation. As the events of the past intersect with the present, Kevin struggles to justify the sacrifices he's made for his art and the secrets he's kept from his wife.

So Much Blue features Percival Everett at his best, and his deadpan humor and insightful commentary about the artistic life culminate in a brilliant new novel.

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Intense inner torment

I am loving Percival Everett’s ability to describe the inner lives of his main character. I am not these characters but I hear these struggles in my soul and it gives me a moment to reflect and search out whether I too can find solid ground. Not overly dramatic, not at all sympathetic, just true to the human condition. I’m obsessed.

Story telling

Great listen God Tier story telling. Hands down my favorite Arthur of all time master at his craft.

Seemed disjointed.

This book lacks the humor and character development found in other books by Ellison. All in all the characters and story seem rather flat.

wonderful writing

A heartbreak in more ways than one. This novel is full of life, sentiment, adventure, humor, and art.

Theirs Percival Everett that had a completion

I had decided hisbooks were going to all end in the middle of a new chapter. this one did not.