American Desert : A Novel

Rating:
Summary: ok, but not great
Review: I read this book in under a week. I am not a fast reader so more avid readers should expect to read this book very quickly. I enjoyed it. The ending worked well for me. It was thought provoking but not quite as profound as the review on NPR led me to believe. It is good and enjoyable but will not go down as one of the great works of fiction for our time. Some of the character names were lame (Lillfaman, sheesh!). This was the first Percival Everett novel I have read and I bought it only because the NPR review intrigued me.

Rating:
Summary: Where am I, now?
Review: Mildly comical look at an unfortunate man's mistimed suicide attempt, his regenereation and subsequent hodge-podge of adventures, most too fantastical to believe. The author's many tangents when introducing new characters as they appear, in the form of childhood histories that only can be known from the narrative due to 'supernatural powers', makes for a slightly choppy and, at times, monotonous read. Abrupt ending.

Rating:
Summary: Where am I, now?
Review: Mildly comical look at an unfortunate man's mistimed suicide attempt, his regenereation and subsequent hodge-podge of adventures, most too fantastical to believe. The author's many tangents when introducing new characters as they appear, in the form of childhood histories that only can be known from the narrative due to 'supernatural powers', makes for a slightly choppy and, at times, monotonous read. Abrupt ending.