Book: Specimen Days

Strange and interesting

This is a strange and interesting movie. It isn’t a page turner, but it’s unique and interesting and worth reading. The book consists of three separate stories that share certain character names and props. The poetry of Walt Whitman is a consistent thread. The characters themselves aren’t truly the same from story to story, though the have important underlying characteristics in common. Each story is told at a different point in time and ultimately a different “world” (though not in the fantasy sense).