June 2011
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The Dice Man
Just finished reading The Dice Man today. The die dictated that I give it an unfavourable review.
The writing style is repetitive in parts, using some of the same gimmicks repeatedly, which runs totally counter to the main theme of the book. Towards the end one may tire of the predictable dice related narrative. Strong sexual themes provide cheap thrills throughout. Most of the story would be...
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First novel I've read in ages, and it's a good...
PROLOGUE
Two hours before dawn I sat in the peeling kitchen and smoked one of Sarah’s cigarettes, listening to the maelstrom and waiting. Millsport had long since put itself to bed, but out in the Reach currents were still snagging on the shoals, and the sound came ashore to prowl the empty streets. There was a fine mist drifting in from the...
