Mortal Memory

Rating:
Summary: Quite A Book
Review: This is quite a book, with one of the most original premises anyone is ever likely to adopt.Without betraying any of the details of the story, the real action consists of the narrator slipping helplessly into a midlife crisis of his own as the result of his initially voluntary, then complusive, exploration of his father's crime. The character study is intense and unforgettable; it is not possible to leave the book unfinished. I give the book a 9 because some of the plot twists seem slightly artifical. (I can't say more without betraying the plot). The gradual darkening of the central character's life is expertly done, and moves the book close to mainstram stuff. The quality of prose is infinitely superior to most mystery fiction. (While there is little if any direct humor in the text, I was amused to note that the author has set the action at an address on MacDonald Drive. The allusion to the well-known Green Beret family murderer in a book with this theme can hardly be coincidental.)

Rating:
Summary: Weaving the threads the memory_no one does it better
Review: Thomas H Cook weaves together the threads of memory to make a fabric, real and tangible, of events, place, people, and evidence.
A Master.