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A review by spacehorse
Early Work by Andrew Martin
4.0
3.5 Stars ---
The themes of this book bear no real import in a way that is almost comforting right now. There is little urgency & the prose appeases my upper-middle class, liberal arts sensibilities despite the incessant name dropping by a would-be writer. I am disinterested in whatever moral stakes Martin is imparting --a kind of lulling, meditative bludgeoning at how blasé, adrift and inconsequential Pete's angst is. He can barely sustain anguish. As a reader, I was glad to have briefly entered into the scene and I am glad to leave.
The themes of this book bear no real import in a way that is almost comforting right now. There is little urgency & the prose appeases my upper-middle class, liberal arts sensibilities despite the incessant name dropping by a would-be writer. I am disinterested in whatever moral stakes Martin is imparting --a kind of lulling, meditative bludgeoning at how blasé, adrift and inconsequential Pete's angst is. He can barely sustain anguish. As a reader, I was glad to have briefly entered into the scene and I am glad to leave.