Critical Families

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The writer shows how both of these novels are critical of family, but they both serve to showcase the idiosyncrasies and flaws that make family both lovable and, sometimes, almost unbearable. The writer examines their plots and compares the way that this criticism to the family unit is presented.

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"In Pinochle, Mark Leyner tells the story of an adult son who has met with his father to record the oral history of his 94-year-old grandmother. The opening scene is in a Sushi restaurant on Ventura Boulevard. The author refers to his grandmother as Rose, and describes her jaunty attire, and her elegance and spirit. Rose immediately scarfs down a huge piece of yellowtail dipped in screaming-hot wasabi sauce. "Dude, you're some kind of gastronomic Hell's Angel", says the author."

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