Ten Days in the Hills
 

Ten Days in the Hills

by Jane Smiley


A glorious new novel from the Pulitzer Prize winner: a big, smart, bawdy tale of love and war, sex and politics, friendship and betrayal—and the allure of the movies. With Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron as her model, Jane Smiley takes us through ten transformative, unforgettable days in the Hollywood hills.

It is the morning after the 2003 Academy Awards. Max—an... (read more)

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JudithAnn
  • Rated 2 stars

This book was a disappointment! I like many of Smiley's books, but this book was too boring. It's the second book (with Horse Heaven) by Smiley that I have not been able to finish.

This story dealt with a group of family and friends, that spent 10 days at the house of one of them. Nothing happens (at least not the first 3 days, which is all I read), but they talk, talk, think, have sex, talk some more, eat, sleep. And that's it.

Maybe I have to re-adjust my belief that Jane...

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  • slee

    slee said:

    I agree with the reviews. It was just too long. I still like Smileys writing though

    posted Tuesday, February 5 2008
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