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Original Title:	The Devil Tree
ISBN:	0802139655 (ISBN13: 9780802139658)
Edition Language:	English

The Devil Tree

Jerzy Kosiński

Paperback | Pages: 224 pages

Rating: 3.57 | 918 Users | 53 Reviews

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Title	:	The Devil Tree
Author	:	Jerzy Kosiński
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 224 pages
Published	:	June 26th 2003 by Grove Press (first published January 1st 1973)
Categories	:	Fiction. European Literature. Polish Literature

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A searing novel from a writer of international stature, The Devil Tree is a tale that combines the existential emptiness of Camus's The Stranger with the universe of international playboys, violence, and murder of Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley. Jonathan Whalen's life has been determined from the start by the immense fortune of his father, a steel tycoon. Whalen's childlike delight in power and status mask a greater need, a desire to feel life intensely, through drugs, violence, sex, and attempts at meaningful connection with other people -- whether lovers or the memory of his dead parents. But the physical is all that feels real to him, and as he embarks on a journey to Africa with his godparents, Whalen's embrace of amoral thrill accelerates toward ultimate fulfillment. Now in a Grove Press paperback, Kosinski's classic, acclaimed as "an impressive novel ... it should confirm Jerzy Kosinki's position as one of our most significant writers" -- Newsweek "Savage ... [Whalen is] a foolproof, timeless American character." -- Mary Ellin Barrett, Cosmopolitan

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Ratings: 3.57 From 918 Users | 53 Reviews

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I'm blown away that I entered this book into the search engine, and found that there are actually people that know about it and are actively reading it! It's been a long time, since I last gave it a read; but, for a teenager, just about to finish high school, this book had a profound influence on my views of people (trust fund kids, specifically). Kosinski wonderfully conveys the inner working's of a man's brain, in a way that feels real, natural, as if the words are a progression of my own

This is one not to read by Kozinski. I liked it for the first twenty or thirty pages, and then started to dislike it, then loathe, and finally hate it. Finished it though. Suffers from a tendency to be written from between the legs, rather than between the eyes.

An old book and still a mind bending adventure. Jerzy Kozinski is one those unique writers that after you've read him lingers forever in your conciousness. And as a writer I appreciate reading someone that has so obviously labored over every word he puts down. The effect is mesmorizing.

There is something really great about this book. I think something that you actually need in books but don't tend to get from american books, basically a lack of resolution. There are moments when this book forshadows later problems, "how do you know if you are crazy." But really the book is about identity and belonging and the book asks us clearly to find these things. But then tells us they are unfindable. There is no prefect relationship. There is no hope for freedom, because even in freedom

Jonathan Whalen is the heir to a vast American industrial fortune. He has enough money to live as a traveling trust fund baby, taking on the persona of wherever he goes (hippie in a commune, playboy in Manhattan, drug addict in a drug den). You follow his aimless wanderings and realize he is looking for the same thing all the other spoiled rich kids you know are looking for: roots.

Kosinski is one of those authors that easily flew under my radar for a long time. DFW mentioned him as being one of the most powerful authors of contemporary fiction, so I naturally was skeptical upon reading "Steps." I've been nothing but impressed by his use and control of language, his broken-up plot lines, a characters of such immense depth that they tell us something about ourselves through their actions. It's sort of a commentary which happens behind the scenes, without having to be yelled

Gawd, this was depressing. Not that I have a problem with depressing books, either: in this case, the prose was plodding and fantastical, leaving one with the feeling that in order to like the book, you must see the protagonist as some kind of darkly romantic badass. If you are unable to do so, you're screwed, buddy!Note: I felt much the same way about (the movie of) Requiem For A Dream. In both cases, the mean opinion (get it, get it?) seems to be much higher than mine.