{"id":323,"date":"2007-12-05T12:14:44","date_gmt":"2007-12-05T12:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2007\/12\/john-gardner-madness.html"},"modified":"2007-12-05T12:14:44","modified_gmt":"2007-12-05T12:14:44","slug":"john-gardner-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2007\/12\/john-gardner-madness.html","title":{"rendered":"John Gardner Madness"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think I’m about to go on a John Gardner <\/a>kick. Never even read Grendel <\/em>before (David did, in high school, and made a video based on it for a project…that’s as close as I got).
\nBut I picked up the new edition of Nickel Mountain <\/em>on the “new arrivals” book at the library, read it, was absorbed and intrigued and fairly dazzled by the language and allusiveness. (More on that later).
\nAnd now I’ve just checked out Mickelsson’s Ghosts <\/em>and October Light. <\/em>I never read single authors in a batch, but I was so intrigued by Nickel Mountain<\/em>, I guess I just want to see more of what was in John Gardner’s brain.
\nAny Gardner readers out there?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I think I’m about to go on a John Gardner kick. Never even read Grendel before (David did, in high school, and made a video based on it for a project…that’s as close as I got). 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