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 A wonderful read Sep 27, 2010
By william over
Greenfield Jones has presented a well-paced and thoughtful novel about the US Air Force in the 1950s. His characters are many and colorful, drawn with a wry wit and verisimilitude that appeals on many levels and for many readers, not least of who are military veterans and Cold War survivors. Jones manages to define a variety of military types who find themselves thrown together in the early period of the Cold War. Better than MASH in its scope, character development, and thoughtful humor, Reve Americain brings the reader through several plot twists and character turns that are thoroughly enjoyable. I like especially the clashes of character in the battle of the sexes during the "Silent Decade." A great gateway to the trilogy of novels to follow. Highly recommended.
Rêve Américain Review Jul 09, 2010
By Kenneth L. Weber
How long has it been since a book grabbed you and wouldn't let go, sent you scurrying for a yellow marker, and afterwards caused you to want to call up the author? Rêve Américain has done this to me. It's dominated my thoughts for a fortnight, as I've tried to compose a comment. What I know for sure is that members of the Slow Reading movement (see Malcolm Jones' July 12, 2010 Newsweek essay) would take it to heart. This book cannot be skimmed--must not be! It requires a serious approach by an inquiring, mature mind.
I believe this work is a masterpiece--one meticulously arranged by a supremely gifted, highly educated, innovative soul. My hope is that a person with undeniable literary clout will become its champion. Walter Vaux's comment is perceptive. I'd like to join him and the author over a pitcher of Lowenbrau. I'd gladly buy the second round.
 The book is much more than the blurb suggests Jul 03, 2010
By Walter Vaux
Rêve Américain should have been longer or should have appeared as a trilogy. Greenfield Jones has much to say, and it is evident that he has had a thoughtful lifetime of reflecting on his ideas. How refreshing - as with a good play - to have the narrative broken by essays that reflect on the story. I would guess that Jones has been in the Air Force, has had theological training, and has published elsewhere. I for one would like to spend an afternoon with him over a pitcher of Löwenbräu.
Jones's humor in Rêve Américain is much like that in The Economist magazine: much of it is very subtle, but once the reader is tuned in, each is the funniest in its class.
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