Title: m'doli, the unseen world
Review: I read TROPIC OF NIGHT following a Martin Cruz Smith recommendation posted on his web site. Michael Gruber's writing has a lot in common with Smith, witty, intelligent and knowledge rich. The genre here is a mix of crime and fantastic. Kudos for all the Nigerian and Siberian supernatural anthro stuff. Difficult to follow but creative. The strength of this novel is the central character Jane Doe, female anthropologist. All the strong writing comes from or is about her and her newfound daughter Luz. The other principal character, the investigating Miami Cuban cop Jimmy Paz is not that interesting, and neither is his partner. The story is two to three stars only, but the real pleasure is in the pudding ingredients : this guy can really write.
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