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Title: Unsophisticated Primitiveness (the Bad kind)
Review: With heady premise in hand, this author bulls into his story with the prose style of a Madison Avenue ad man. Subtlety is not his forte. An editor's blue pencil was badly needed when this monumental manuscript was presented - the writing is primitive much too often. Even in this genre, the plot is farcical (which would be fine if the author were not so deadly serious). Too many of the ingredients in this turgid potboiler have been lifted from other novels where they worked well. The effect is jarring and results in deja vu predictability. Stronger characters, people who are more than mere mouth pieces for delivery of speeches and sermons, were sorely needed. The book wallows in self-righteous unctuousness that leaves one praying not to be trapped next to this author on a long plane flight.
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