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Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2008
Dabrowski's 101 monologs sound, to the mind's ear, like one side of an overheard cell-phone conversation. Reading through them all in about 101 minutes is like being consigned to a particular circle of hell, one where you're the next person in line for a cup of coffee, but the barista is far too involved in a personal call to help. The monologs are classified as dramatic, comic, or seriocomic, but the most successful ones (in terms of tone and possibilities for interpretation) are the comic. Of those, Babs's tale of ripped jeans and Candy's sad s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More