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Title: Compelling but empty
Review: The book's style is compelling and readable, and it is easy to get through the economocial prose in a few days, but ultimately, the feeling I was left with was one of hollowness. this style--the pornographic descriptions of violence, the caricature descriptions of bad and immoral men--has been done before. James Elroy did it really well in White Jazz and LA Confidential, and the effect much more of a tour de force.Also, it seems strange that no one has picked up on the inconsistencies in the book. The sheriff fought in WWII? Moss fought in Vietnam but is currently 36 years-old? That would make sense if the book were set in the 1980s, but then the character Wells apparently carries a mobile phone. An elevator has computer-generated random codes to make it operate. In addition, Moss can't buy a gun because he lacks identification documents, but he is able to purchase a used truck. Hmmm. Some careful editing was needed here.In the end, diverting, but insubstantial.
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