When I was reading The Rag and Bone Shop by Cormier I kept thinking about the book Ragman: and other Cries of Faith which I read 100 years ago. One has nothing to do with the other.I started wondering what a "rag and bone shop" was and found this. Now I am curious as to how the title of this book fits. And I see that the book got its title from this. I need to think about this more, because I haven't yet read the poem and maybe then I will figure it out.
This was again another "no happy endings" kind of book. But it was excellent. Was Cormier a pessimist or a realist? I guess it depends on what the one asking the question is. Some days I might see him a pessimist and some days as a realist. I guess on really bad days he might be an optimist! Ha! Great book though. Really great.
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