Title: Hypnotic
Review: I really enjoyed the lush language of this novel, the hypnotic way it conveys the beauty and danger of New Guinea. Gillison seems to have honed and honed her descriptive language so carefully that each line seems as well crafted as good poetry. And when the novel is Stateside it manages to create credibly the protagonist's confusion and difficulties functioning within his priveleged world. I know that she got a Whiting Writers Award for her last novel. For a lot of people that seems to screw up their focus for future works. Gillison, however, took the honor to heart and knocked her writing up a notch. We should be thankful for it. This is an accomplished work that promises more good stuff to come.
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