Time flies ...

"It takes just as many men to build a sturdy one [...] as it does to build a towere (203). The young JR Moehringer grows up without a father, who let him sit, and his mother shortly after his birth. Surrounded by an army of women, including five cousins ​​alone, ekes out a rather small JR bleak existence until he gets one day the age of eleven access to testosterone laden universe of masculinity. His uncle works in Charly "Dickens", a pub opposite J.Rs House and take his nephew with a morning swim, accompanied by Colt, Bobo and Joey D., three regulars at the "Dickens". JR experienced one of the best summer of his life, he illegally before his 18th birthday frequently in "Dickens "Be it to Steve, it was." Bob the Cop ", it was Peter, his favorite keeper; the". Dickens "and his inexhaustible repertoire of fascinating characters to be local and emotional center in J.Rs live as he, Yale is accepted, he keeps in contact with his hometown and his pub. Problems in love, failures at the university; everything is with the men in the "Publican", as the pub after a renaming is now called, thrashed out. Thus, the pub is much more than just a place where you can drink a beer: "We went there for everything we needed We went there when thirsty [...] When hungry and when dead tired We went there when happy,.. to celebrate, And When sad, to sulk [...]. We went there when we did not know what we needed, hoping someone might tell us did [...]. Most of all we went there when we needed to be found "(3).

"Tender Bar", the autobiographical debut novel by JR Moehringer is simply breathtaking. Moehringer is a gifted storyteller and captivate the reader on every page with funny, grotesque, sad and tragic moments of the life of his young self. His defloration brings tears of laughter in his eyes. At the same time you suffer with the small JR when he will once again offset by his father. One is thrilled when he is accepted by Yale and pursuing breath and finally stunned the endless drama with his great love Sydney.

But remain on most memorable the regulars of "Dickens / Publicans", which Moehringer is a literary monument. Their characterizations are accurate, precise and lovingly that the impression one can not help feeling as if you had the winning smile from Steve in mind or listen to a story of Joey D., the whole phrases like pronunziert a coherent word.

Conclusion: On two consecutive days to sit four hours in ICE, yes does not sound very sure to have fun. But Moehringer novel is one of the few books that I know about that I really lost track of time. Never before have four hours as quickly flown past me and a greater compliment can be a book but do not actually make.