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Dan Groat gathered his formal education from the elementary and secondary public schools of DeSoto, Missouri, Jefferson College, the University of Missouri, and Southeast Missouri State University. His non-formal education was accumulated as a newspaper delivery boy, a grass cutter, a lunch ticket puncher, a factory laborer, a quality control technician, a hod carrier, a pool hall assistant manager, a plumber’s helper, a rock band manager, a bartender, a secondary math teacher, a furniture delivery man, a cross country coach, a shipping warehouse order filler, a consultant to an educational software company, a help desk person at an insurance company, a college math teacher, a seed merchandiser, a bank courier, and an author. His informal education was collected in group interactions pursuing interests he chose or interests that were chosen for him. The learning continues, intentional or not… FROM THE AUTHOR: The purpose of a book’s bio is to create a connection with the reader by telling them something about the person behind the title. Telling you what I believe may do that better than telling you who I am, since what I believe is what I write, and what I write is really who I am now, and who I hope to be in the future. I believe in the uniqueness of each person and that, if given the equality of opportunity, the individual is the best architect of his own destiny. I believe that societal problems are best remedied by small groups, preferably starting with the family; that government should protect people without getting in the way of their lives; that Americans are not guaranteed happiness, but the right to pursue it; that society is both a benefit and a burden that requires giving as well as receiving; that acceptance of cultural diversity includes acceptance of a diversity of opinions; that change is not automatically good; that displaying a devotion to country is a virtue; that individual differences can be served without sacrificing excellence. I believe deeply in love, loyalty, individualism, self-reliance, liberty, ambition, hard work, competition without trophies for everyone, and that action is a form of expression as well as words. If you share these beliefs, you might enjoy crawling into the pages of one of my books. Why do I write? I write to escape and be entertained. I write to communicate and connect. I write to better understand the world and the human condition. I write to strengthen my hope. Why do you read? --Ce texte fait référence à l'édition paperback.

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Commenté au Royaume-Uni 🇬🇧 le 23 janvier 2014

I had forgotten why I down loaded this book and it sat on my kindle for a long time, but once I began reading it I was drawn straight in to the world of Cousin and the town of Delphi. We follow an intricately woven trail through the lives of the generations of people who are split into the "North" side of town and the "South" side. I'm talking about segregation and all that comes with the times and the territory, but there is such a deeper side to the book. Cousin instils a proud set of rules through an old family name with a meaning "Walk with Strength" which his grandson continues to live by, years later. The book title does not become apparent until the very last line of the book. If you read "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett and found it moving, then I believe this book will have a similar effect.

I. Yates

A tale of prejudice and conflict in a small town

Commenté au Royaume-Uni 🇬🇧 le 26 août 2014

A story that starts with racial tension and segregation in a small US town, it spans over 70 years as it follows the life of two of the families on either side of the river. The first few chapters draw the reader in and I have to admit, it grabbed me and I read it in just two sittings.
It is a tale that encompasses the prejudice and the tension of the times in a refreshing and unique manner.
Dan Groat has a gentle style to his writing that it is almost as if the words drift of the page into your mind and is a pleasure to read. I look forward to reading more of books in the future.

Marta Cheng

A Beautifully Written Tapestry

Commenté au Canada 🇨🇦 le 14 septembre 2015

What to say about A Punctual Paymaster by Dan Groat? How about loved, loved LOVED it! It’s just one of those books that’s so beautifully written that even after you’re done reading it, the characters linger in the back of your mind like the melted remnants of a sweet treat on your tongue. However, the story isn’t all sweet – far from it. It’s part historical fiction, part mystery; a tightly-woven black and white tapestry that’s a seamless melding of past and present. At its most basic, A Punctual Paymaster is about the Thanos and Taylor families, one of them rich white folks and the other black. It’s about a town divided into north and south that starts back in 1939 where blacks were oppressed and racial tensions ran deep and thick as molasses through Delphi, Missouri. This two-family saga spans over 70 years and the reader is witness to the difficult and complex journeys of these two families. By today’s sensibilities, the language is offensive and abrasive and highly insulting. However, the writing depicts authenticity of another era gone by and it would be unjust to hold it against the author when his prose is so descriptive and detailed that you feel as though you’re a time traveler that’s gone back in time to 1939. This is one of those treasured books you take off your shelf once a year and simply read again for the pure pleasure of it!

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Nicht ganz einfach zu lesen

Commenté en Allemagne 🇩🇪 le 2 août 2013

Das Buch ist etwas für "den anspruchsvollen Leser englischer Literatur", denn es ist nicht einfach nur ein in US-Englisch geschriebenes Buch, sondern ein im "Südstaaten-Slang" geschriebenes Buch, das die Geschichte zweier Familien über einen längeren Zeitraum erzählt. Deshalb dauert ein beim Lesen einige Zeit, bis man sich an diese Art von geschriebenem Englisch gewöhnt hat. Ich persönlich kenne diesen Südstaaten-Slang von einer meiner Rotations als Civilian on the Battlefield bei der US-Army in Hohenfels. Und wer einmal etwas anderes als nur Krimis oder Thriller in Englisch lesen möchte, sollte sich an "A Punctual Paymaster" versuchen.

mrsgillies

A Book That You Slowly Digest

Commenté aux États-Unis 🇺🇸 le 27 octobre 2017

The story follows the history of two families, the Thanos family and the Taylor family. The Thanos family are white and live on the north side of town, a town that has basically been built by Nikkos, the father of the Thanos family. The Taylor family are black and live on the south side of town and Cousin, the father of the Taylor family, is basically the unofficial leader of the south side. The story is set from 1939 through to 2010 and spans around three generations of the families. It deeply explores the racial tension between whites and blacks in America through a story filled with mystery, intrigue, sadness and redemption.

I had really high hopes for this book because the premise sounded so interesting however i felt it fell a bit flat. It started out really strong and then got a bit lost on the way.

The characters were really interesting however some of them could have been developed a lot more. Even though some of them had a lot of “air time”, i still felt like i barely knew them.

Most of the book was slow paced with a lot of content, the kind of book that doesn’t have you turning the pages as fast as you can, more the kind of book that you slowly digest and can even put down for awhile to process before picking it back up again. The pace wasn’t very consistent though, with big jumps in time and disconnect between chapters where you weren’t really sure what was going on.

I wasn’t sure whether the mystery of the story was meant to be obvious to the reader or not, because i found it was a bit predictable. If that was the intention of the author then it worked well because you wondered whether the characters would be able to figure it out or not and how the story would end – them living the rest of their lives never knowing or them being fully aware of their history and moving forward from it.

Overall it was a good story with a lot of depth and richness however I think it could have benefited from a lot more editing. I would probably still recommend it, especially if you like historical fiction, in particular novels about the racial tension in the USA.