Just finished Jack O'Connell's WIRELESS, and though I don't
think it's a one-hundred percent successful effort, it's very
unusual and well worth reading. Sort of like Twin Peaks
crossed with Dennis Lehane and injected with a bit of Don
Delillo, the plot revolves around radio enthusiasts and radio
"jammers", but really it's got a lot of postmodern concerns:
the search for patterns, reliablility of symbols, whether the
world is meaningful or meaningless, etc. I think it goes on a
bit too long, and like many writers of this type O'Connell
isn't satisfied to simply make his points, he feels he has to
hammer it into the ground and bury the nailhead. Still, the
narrative is extremely readable, and O'Connell is a very
evocative writer, even very exciting at times.
Now reading Prather's KUBLA KHAN CAPER. I've decided the
Shell Scotts are very hit-or-miss, but this looks to be one
of the good ones.
doug
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