Just finished Jason Starr's The Follower and I have to agree
with everything that's been said here about it to date. It's
definitely Jason's best novel so far and the most with
potentially wide commercial appeal. I hope his publisher
really gets behind this one and does a good job of marketing
it.
It represents yet another shift in style for him. Mark nailed
it perfectly when he said that Jason could well be the new
Highsmith. The Follower is a Highsmith-style, psychological
thriller, which reminded me not so much of Ripley, but of
books such as This Sweet Sickness and Cry of the Owl.
Although it has a complex, alternating perspective, Jason
pulls it off effortlessly and it's easy reading. A dramatic
tension builds gradually throughout the story, starting
almost from the first page. The two main characters are
probably his most sympathetic characters ever, enough at
least that you care what happens to them, especially in
contrast to the rest of the characters.
Jeff
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