Krueger’s prose only barely manages to slow down during the most critical moments.
He was thirteen years old at the time, and the traumatic events of that summer resulted in an accelerated coming-of-age that Mr. Ordinary Grace is narrated by Frank, a middle-aged man who tells the story of one tragic summer. The religious themes of this novel might be rubbing off on me, but I consider it a little miracle that I read this when summer is right around the corner. Good prose is good prose, but when you read a novel at the right time it can become something more. Rather, it captures the darker spiritual underbelly of the season with a haunting, gritty realism. Ordinary Grace refuses to cater to those sentiments. I’m twenty-four now, and I still get giddy at the prospects of spending warm evenings surrounded by friends whether it be on a beach or on a patio.
His other pastimes include watch collecting and craft whiskies.Įver since I was a kid, I romanticized summer. While he has a passion for all literary form, Joe has recently been inspired by the novels and short stories written by contemporary American writers, which has led him to pursue writing this column for Dappered. Originally from Southern California, Joe Hong is currently a PhD student in Comparative Literature at Rutgers University.
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