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Summary: Violence mixed with a heartfelt storyline
Review: This is a story of a contemporary family living in Malibu, California. Sound dull? Hardly. Dan Kane, Los Angeles homicide detective and father-deity to four children is an unforgiving and vengeful god. His wife is a paradox capable of balancing her love for the flawed character of her husband, and their children. She is the root from which the family is nourished and almost... but not quite succeeds from averting a tragedy that tears the family apart. This is the first book of a trilogy in which Dan Kane emerges as a metamorphosis of a complex mating of linguistic genes. He moves in a world with the adventure and gut know how of John D. McDonald's Travis McGee. Still he lives a life exquisitely mundane as did Rabbit Angstron, the Mr. Common Man memorably created by John Updike. This book takes the reader into that sequestered place, the virtual reality of literature whose only escape button is to finish the story. The flow of events from a crowded and boisterous beach party on a warm summer night of celebration to the nakedness of human depravity in Kane's work set the background for the Kane family. The book succeeds in its literal cliff hanging finale, to show us the most intimate of intimates. Those things never spoken, but always known in a family are spewed out like the dentist's drill exploding the rankness of decay to the outer world. The characters are deep and well drawn as Dan and his second youngest son duel in a battle in which son becomes father and father becomes son. The son ultimately must take his father spiritually "home", to a place where the boundaries of the family members must be rewoven into a flexibility which may again bind them together. The book is now out in paperback but I would recommend the hardback. The book is a keeper and one you would want to share it with friends.
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Summary: Dan Kane may be America's most memorable new anti-hero!
Review: This is a story of a contemporary family living in Malibu, California. Sound dull? Hardly. Dan Kane, Los Angeles homicide detective and father-deity to four children is an unforgiving and vengeful god. His wife is a paradox capable of balancing her love for the flawed character of her husband, and their children. She is the root from which the family is nourished and almost... but not quite succeeds from averting a tragedy that tears the family apart. This is the first book of a trilogy in which Dan Kane emerges as a metamorphosis of a complex mating of linguistic genes. He moves in a world with the adventure and gut know how of John D. McDonald's Travis McGee. Still he lives a life exquisitely mundane as did Rabbit Angstron, the Mr. Common Man memorably created by John Updike. This book takes the reader into that sequestered place, the virtual reality of literature whose only escape button is to finish the story. The flow of events from a crowded and boisterous beach party on a warm summer night of celebration to the nakedness of human depravity in Kane's work set the background for the Kane family. The book succeeds in its literal cliff hanging finale, to show us the most intimate of intimates. Those things never spoken, but always known in a family are spewed out like the dentist's drill exploding the rankness of decay to the outer world. The characters are deep and well drawn as Dan and his second youngest son duel in a battle in which son becomes father and father becomes son. The son ultimately must take his father spiritually "home", to a place where the boundaries of the family members must be rewoven into a flexibility which may again bind them together. The book is now out in paperback but I would recommend the hardback. The book is a keeper and one you would want to share it with friends.
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Summary: Violence mixed with a heartfelt storyline
Review: Truly believable characters, it wasn't long before I was identifying with this family. The only problem I had with this story was the unexpected violence and the depth of that violence. I found myself skipping entire chapters, yet it had no effect on me being able to follow the saga of this family-- a good compromise. As a result, the book was a very quick read, and yet touched me deeply. I'm looking forward to seeing the next book by Mr. Gannon.
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Summary: non novel reader says yes
Review: WOW! what a good story. Or maybe I should say "group of stories" that come together to an exciting climax. Usually I don't read novels, however several friends convinced me to read "SONG". I swear I couldn't put it down. If this is a harbinger of books to come from Gannon, I can hardly wait for the next one
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