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Title: Culture clash and unlikely lovers
Review: Cameron Barnes is a PWA. In fact, he nearly succumbed to the illness but rebounded so miraculously, he feels like a new man. With renewed verve and interest in life, he refocuses on his pride and joy: the wonderful garden in his backyard that had also begun to show signs of decay. For this, he hires two local youths, brothers who are close enough in image and attitude they could be twins. But all is not as it seems amongst the natives.Demonstrating once again his prowess for taking a small community, injecting it with an external gay influence and making the results sing like a high-tension wire in a windstorm, Paul Russell does an excellent job in his newest novel, "War Against the Animals." Rich with metaphor and symbolism, "...Animals" is a subtle, poignant, and wonderful novel. No one can cultivate nuance from his characters like Russell, and he is in fine form here. Though the plot was a bit predictable, the journey was well worth it.
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