Boonville, Robert Mailer Anderson
Wow. Anderson pulls no punches, and doesn't worry about offending anyone in this book. Additionally, you'll never think of squirrels in the same way, again. I'm not sure if i would have liked this book if it was about someplace in upstate New York - i think some of my enjoyment stemmed from knowing exactly who Anderson was talking about in any given chapter - even if i was one of the ones he was ripping into. ;) Mailer's prose was uneven - sometimes his pacing was dead-on, and sometimes it was a little laggy. Overall, quite a good turnout for a first novel - especially if you share a humor cell with James, Russell & me. I'll certainly be picking up his next work, and i think if you're not too thin-skinned, you should pick this one up, too.
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