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Title: Written BY the Author FOR the Author
Review: This novel is unfortunately written in the first person, supposedly by Edgar Allen Poe, and the real author, Harold Schechter, is so busy showing us that he has done his research and that he knows how Poe might have spoken, that he uses his erudition to flog the reader with it. The prose is hell to read and the author succeeds in the almost impossible task of making heinous murder boring. The reader may say to himself, as I did, "Reading this book is more difficult than ditch-digging," and I (unlike most readers) know all the obscure words used. The constant use of italics is maddening. The character of Davey Crockett comes across as a cartoon. If you like macabre novels, do yourself a favor and read H.P. Lovecraft and forget this book.
