Title: Bitingly Funny
Review: Having lived in the most liberal city in Iowa for close to ten years, this would seem like satire if the characters weren't just like people I'd met. If you can imagine Grant Wood meets "The Osbournes" with a healthy dash Joe Friday and Charles Manson, you'll get a good idea of what Carl Houseman's world is like.Some mystery stories are good. Reading a nice Agatha Christie you sort of puzzle your way through and get to the end and feel, "well that was very nicely done." Reading a nice Harstad is more like watching the Munsters move to middle America.It's funny and short enough to read in a day or three. It won't make you rethink your life, but it might make you rethink the idea that small towns are boring little places where nothing ever happens.
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