it's a strange, bleak novel - bleak look at people, really. I like it, not quite sure if we're matching The Spoilt Kill here...that was a little more accessible, or something. but the author writes in a unique fashion. I must say that the detailed descriptions of how the metalworks, uh, works, are sometimes hard to visualize; through Skip giving Allie tours, I'm certainly reading about the entire, complex process. it's also a dangerous place to work, if you are not careful.

Goodnight Everybody! more Updates and maybe a Review tomorrow! feel free to re-Blog any of it!

finally off the phone...

I’m flashing back, just a bit, to a Julian Symons novel called The Players And The Game when I read Dead Corse.

(ugly-cover-loving bot doing automated substance-less Update while reader is still on phone. reader to return shortly.)

there’s that cover again. hate to keep springing it on everyone - Oh shoot, there’s the phone, and it may be a long chat. I’ll be back to do a proper Update when I can.