The Building
by Richard Snodgrass
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Pub Date 22 Apr 2018 | Archive Date 15 Aug 2018
Description
The Building, the first book of the Furnass Towers Trilogy, is the story of the well-intentioned but ill-conceived attempt to construct a high-rise building in the middle of a stricken mill town, and the effect the project has on the town and the men and women who work on it. Tensions on the project mount—between a head-strong superintendent and a young inspector totally out of his league; a developer with insufficient funds and an architect with dreams of glory; an insecure rebar foreman and a young woman who dances naked in her window across the alley—until the distractions prove fatal.
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Advance Praise
Critical Acclaim for Richard Snodgrass’ first novel, There’s Something in the Back Yard:
“Observe this mysterious book and be changed.” —The Washington Post Book World
“A striking debut.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred)
“A haunting, seductive, original story.” —Publishers Weekly
“The novel sticks in your mind.” —Los Angeles Times
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| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780999724910 |
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Joyce F, Reviewer
3 stars
Debut novel
Jack Crawford is the jobsite superintendent and Mac is the field superintendent for Drake Construction. They have worked together for years; going all over the country building skyscrapers.
Gregg Prsybysz is the building inspector who is new to the job. He is timid and not at all assertive. He is afraid of ladders. Due to his timidity, he lets go a decision to make them stop welding. The inspector is supposed to be there during the whole welding process and the welder is supposed to clean his rig after every pass. Neither of these things occurred, but Gregg said nothing at all.
Pamela is the flirty woman across the street from the Furnass worksite. She has an affair with Jack and will probably with Bill as well.
Vince is the architect who purposely hid some of the specs in the building so it would get built. If he had been honest, the developer Lyle couldn’t have afforded to build it.
After the accident, everyone starts to second guess themselves. Or, they’re trying to justify their parts in the accident. They tell themselves that it wasn’t their fault; it was some other guy who was responsible. Gregg does, however, get up the nerve to take on Jack over the whole accident and why he made the decisions that he did.
I know nothing about putting up buildings, or inspecting, regulations and so on, so I can’t comment on that part of the book. It was fairly well written and plotted. There was too much extraneous yadda-yadda in the story though. The book could easily have been shorter and still imparted what the author wanted to say.
I want to thank NetGalley and Calling Crow Press for forwarding to me a copy of this book to read.
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