Title: Less Than Meets The Eye
Product review: For all the talk of this as an "existentialist novel," there's a lot less than meets the eye here. The book dishes out philosophical questions and insights with such force (and much of the writing is good enough to be forceful) that you find yourself looking for something deeper which just isn't there.Really, the most interesting (and humorous) aspect of the novel is its ridiculous attempt to take on the voice of a female, American cop. She seems to have a much better fix on Anglican culture. The grasp of what is America, from our slang to our national mindset, is so incredibly bad, that I had to wonder if it is intentional...kind of joke. But again, I think I'm probably looking for more than what is really there.For a wickedly funny book that lacks all the pretense, has actually a lot more to say, and is knowledgable (and immersive) in its presentation of modern America, _Florida Roadkill_ by Tim Dorsey is very much worth a look.
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