Title: Literary Exercise, Book Length
Product review: An admirable exercise, but an ultimately unsatisfying read. Nevertheless, a strong narrative voice and a few red herrings meant that I read the middle section of it quickly. It was just the beginning and the end that dragged when the narrator spent so much time telling me again and again that there was no murderer to catch. An effort to salvage the "mystery" of the novel via a couple of sardonic messages from the corpse to her erstwhile friend feel like a half-hearted attempt tacked on at the last minute. A friend and I bought it the same night and both concluded that it's a book we dedicated bibliophiles wouldn't mind lending to someone who'll never return it. Sorry, Mr. Amis, but this is a train we don't mind missing.
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