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Reviewed by Ray Simmons for Readers' Favorite
I am in awe of T.W. Greene. His novel 1961 is written with such skill, grace, elegance, and power that I can’t help but wish I had written it about my life, my family, and my America. I was born in the South and I feel a certain kindred spirit with Southern writers, particularly the late, great Pat Conroy. But powerful writing about any region, that rings true to that region, attracts me. I love Steinbeck, so as a young man I went to California to experience it and compare his California with mine. Our experiences were different, but his picture and feel of life in the Salinas Valley rang beautifully true. I have lived in New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont, and only two writers have captured the feel of New England for me, so vividly, so skillfully, and so true that it thrusts my memory back to my life there and how truly American it can be. John Irving and now T.W. Greene. The novel 1961 captures the essence of a life, a lifestyle, and a time.
T.W. Greene is a name to look out for. He writes with beauty, passion, and truth. In 1961, he has captured the essence of a decade and region, and ultimately, America itself. Rich in detail, with a host of characters that already loom large in American history, it is a quiet masterpiece. I was moved by the interview with John and Jackie Kennedy, and the thought "only in America" kept running through my mind. Big themes, themes still being played out on the stage that is America, run deeply and quietly through 1961. The characters are real, maybe people you know, but most of all, the story and the writing run true.
