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After
reading just the first introductory paragraph I emailed the author
telling him that I was amazed and uplifted by the quality of his
writing. His use of the English language is beyond masterful, and
reaches into the arena of the beautiful, the aesthetically precise, and
the enchanting. I was also enchanted by the anti-hero of this novel,
Nicangelo, who tried to find a place for his hippie self in the world of
the second half of the 20th Century.
The story is crafted to keep the reader entertained and captivated, while at the same time unleashing a torrent of mishaps upon Nicangelo as he struggles from one situation offering him security into a next situation just as tenuous or dangerous, as the first. He is homeless, a simple guy, alienated from his family and with only marginally functional associates, he tries to forge out a life for himself.
He is not only abused by the police, but taken advantage of by opportunistic gays, hustlers, and pimps until he finds a sort of escape into a better life.
This book has a twist almost every scene, a good twist from the storyteller's point of view, but one is left with a sort of sense of awe at the strength of this simple young man's person-hood to withstand such onslaughts from the world.
You will like Nicangelo, and will want to protect and guide him, and thus you'll be inside the writer's world completely captivated by his beautiful rendering of what could otherwise be a tragedy, but which turns into a more poetic and noble life for the characters because the author creates with images that ennoble his characters. I loved this book. It will become one of my favorite anti-hero novels of all time, now. I look forward to more Dominic Ambrose works, and hope he also writes some poetry for us all.
Amos Lassen also did a much more professional review of this book at http://reviewsbyamoslassen.com/?p=16472
The story is crafted to keep the reader entertained and captivated, while at the same time unleashing a torrent of mishaps upon Nicangelo as he struggles from one situation offering him security into a next situation just as tenuous or dangerous, as the first. He is homeless, a simple guy, alienated from his family and with only marginally functional associates, he tries to forge out a life for himself.
He is not only abused by the police, but taken advantage of by opportunistic gays, hustlers, and pimps until he finds a sort of escape into a better life.
This book has a twist almost every scene, a good twist from the storyteller's point of view, but one is left with a sort of sense of awe at the strength of this simple young man's person-hood to withstand such onslaughts from the world.
You will like Nicangelo, and will want to protect and guide him, and thus you'll be inside the writer's world completely captivated by his beautiful rendering of what could otherwise be a tragedy, but which turns into a more poetic and noble life for the characters because the author creates with images that ennoble his characters. I loved this book. It will become one of my favorite anti-hero novels of all time, now. I look forward to more Dominic Ambrose works, and hope he also writes some poetry for us all.
Amos Lassen also did a much more professional review of this book at http://reviewsbyamoslassen.com/?p=16472
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