{"id":45687,"date":"2019-09-07T11:12:56","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T15:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=45687"},"modified":"2019-08-30T13:36:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T17:36:00","slug":"the-parade-by-dave-eggers-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/the-parade-by-dave-eggers-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"The Parade by Dave Eggers [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-45663\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Parade-Dave-Eggers-BookDragon-565x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"565\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Parade-Dave-Eggers-BookDragon-565x800.jpg 565w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Parade-Dave-Eggers-BookDragon.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/>As McSweeney\u2019s founder Dave Eggers\u2019 default narrator-of-choice for over a dozen titles, Dion Graham improves \u2013 again \u2013 Eggers\u2019 original with his meticulous, mellifluous aural presentation. Eggers\u2019 latest is a slim, tense title that, on the page, might read more didactic parable than affecting novel.<\/p>\n<p>Anonymity is key here: two employees \u2013 calling each other Four and Nine, \u201cfor reasons of security\u201d \u2013 from an unnamed (western) company arrive in an unnamed (third-world) \u201cnation recovering from years of civil war.\u201d They have two weeks to build a major road in anticipation of the upcoming, eponymous parade. Four is the diligent, follow-every-rule veteran, Nine the irresponsible newbie curious for local adventures. Distractions, delays, disaster loom.<\/p>\n<p>Beneath his resolute demeanor, Graham infuses Four with fraught frustration and hints at possible FOMO-regrets. While Nine often sounds more frat-boy foolish, Graham imbues him with occasional moments of cross-cultural connection in between his overprivileged posturing. The shock of Eggers\u2019 Big Message on the final page could have dismissed the ending as clich\u00e9, but Graham\u2019s observant, multi-layered narration proves otherwise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/The-Parade-\/pid=9717621\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;Media,&#8221; <em>Booklist Online<\/em>, August 9, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As McSweeney\u2019s founder Dave Eggers\u2019 default narrator-of-choice for over a dozen titles, Dion Graham improves \u2013 again \u2013 Eggers\u2019 original with his meticulous, mellifluous aural presentation. 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