"Californian opulence once again eviscerated in all its dark extravagance of emotion, all its wriggly hidden horrors." - H.R.F.Keating, The Times."Good characterization and mise-en-scène, slightly marred, however ( pace Aristotle) by too frequent indulgence in metaphor." - Edmund Crispin, Sunday Times.It is not only exhilaratingly well done it is also very moving." - Eudora Welty, The New York Times Book Review And when intensity is accepted - welcomed - as the measure of truth, how can the real and the fabricated be told apart ? (.) What gives me special satisfaction about this novel is that no one but a good writer - this good writer - could have possibly brought It off.
In lonely, fearful, or confused minds, real-life facts can be come rarefied into private fantasies. The danger derives from the fairy tales into which people make their lives. "The plot is intricate, involuted, and complicated to the hilt and this, as I see it, is the novel's point."(I)t seems to me altogether typical of Macdonald’s pleasant, entertaining average." - Richard Schickel, Commentary.General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the author Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs.
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