miker wrote:
>A lot of people deplored his style as
excessive,
>garish, and childish. I liked the way Teran
ran
>freewheeling with the language. I thought he
invoked
>powerful visual images. Some of the more
outrageous
>similes and metaphors I took to be
tongue-in-cheek
>humor that served as counter-balance to the
horrific
>subject.
Actually, I agree to a point, there, but I think you're
giving old Beantown more credit than he deserves.
I found the book to be more or less Robert Leslie Bellem, but
without the humor or wit.
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