What's Eating Gilbert Grape?

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"Cedar Rapids Gazette" Terrific...wonderfully entertaining...a literary delight....There's a bit of John Updike's "Rabbit" trilogy in this charming narrative, just as there are traces of Richard Brautigan's "In Watermelon Sugar." But mostly there's Peter Hedges, who grabs the reader early on with this tale....The pace of the narrative sweeps the reader along to a most compelling and poignant conclusion....Nuggets pop off the page with regularity and make this story come alive...."What's Eating Gilbert Grape" has the feel of simplicity, but you know you're reading something complex and artistically crafted. The book has the air of whimsy, but will grab you with fierce credibility. Hedges is a young author to be reckoned with.