Robert Crooke (Author of Letting the House Go)

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Robert Crooke

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Born

Brooklyn, NY, The United States

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Genre

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Contemporary

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John Updike, John Cheever, Marilynne Robinson, Rachel Kushner, Kazuo I ...more

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August 2017

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Over the years I've been a journalist, media executive, teacher, and author. My poetry has been published in the West Hills Review: A Walt Whitman Journal, and my short fiction has appeared in The Paragon Journal, Literary Orphans Journal, and Linden Avenue Literary Journal. I've also contributed book reviews and literary essays to Heavy Feather Review and Exacting Clam. The Chastened Heart was featured by the editors of KIRKUS REVIEWS as one of their favorite independently-published novels of 2014. The Earth and Its Sorrows (2010), Sunrise (2007), and American Family (2004) also received generous critical praise. My latest novel, Letting the House Go, was published in 2022 by Unsolicited Press [Portland, OR], and has earned distinction as ...more

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	Letting the House Go 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	AMERICAN FAMILY 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chastened Heart it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Sunrise it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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In A Time Without Memory

The authoritarian-nationalist government of Spain, in 1962, launched a program of economic and diplomatic liberalization known as la apertura鈥攖he opening. The regime鈥檚 course correction included the appointment of a new government, in which technocrats and politicians with close ties to Opus Dei replaced soldiers and members of the anti-democratic Falange parties. But this 鈥渓iberal dictatorship鈥� c Read more of this blog post »

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Robert Crooke liked Unsolicited Press's review of Letting the House Go:
Oct 26, 2024 05:56AM · see review
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Jan 15, 2024 05:14AM · see review
Robert Crooke made a comment on Don Nordberg鈥檚 review of Letting the House Go " Many thanks, Donald, for giving the book a serious read. I'm immensely grateful for your wise, clear-eyed comments and very kind overall review and ra ...more "
Jan 03, 2024 12:16PM · see review
Robert Crooke liked Don Nordberg's review of Letting the House Go: "The cover of the paperback shows a blurred autumnal scene, leaves in vibrant color. The vibration makes it hard to see much of anything clearly about the setting. That鈥檚 what the protagonist, Richard Morris, must feel like as he arrives in his old ho" Read more of this review 禄
Jan 03, 2024 12:12PM · see review
Robert Crooke made a comment on Martin鈥檚 review of Letting the House Go " Many thanks to Martin Langfield for his generous review of LETTING THE HOUSE GO. His perceptive insights about the key characters, and the dramatic si ...more "
Sep 15, 2023 01:36PM · see review
Robert Crooke and 2 other people liked Martin's review of Letting the House Go: ""Letting the House Go" is a resonant, luminous read about loss, the undying past and making amends. Robert Crooke's protagonist, Richard Morris, is a confident, worldly author who seems to have also been an emotional coward for much of his life. His " Read more of this review 禄
Sep 15, 2023 12:17PM · see review
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Robert Crooke made a comment on Michelle鈥檚 review of Letting the House Go " Thanks, Michelle. Much appreciated. "
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