Title: Bubba meets the Keystone cops.
Product review: Patricia Cornwall firmly puts tongue in cheek in this good ole boy version of the Keystone cops. Ready for a little kitsche? Ready for a little high camp? Then join Patricia as she assembles an all-star cast of Southern stereotypes, freshman English style characters, and an out and out escape from the rigors of a Kay Scarpetta novel. After having seen some of the worst of Richmond life myself (I once worked for VCU), I can only say that she really succeeds in bringing comic relief to a depressing situation. Her sense of exageration is a mite week, but she emparts the slightly-off flavor of the oh-so-Southern eccentric. My only regret is that she missed some of my favorite stereotypes. This somewhat Sophomoric read is just pure escapism--and what, I may ask, is wrong with that?
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