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I read this as a teenager, and found it to be a real page-turner - it's about a character afflicted by leprosy, who moves between two different dimensions, each one with its own rules of time and space. For some reason I identified with the themes as a teenager. I can't imagine why.
i loved cavalier and clay, so i really wanted to love this book. but i just didn't. it's short, so it's not a waste of time. it's just that, well, i didn't feel that any of the characters were very well developed, so i didn't really connect with any of them. the story is good and well written, but it seems more like a short story to me than a novel. i found myself wishing that chabon had given himself a few hundred more pages and given me some more depth.
Drake, an 800+ year old vampire, and his demon halfling lover, Jessie have fled to Eagle River, Alaska. They are trying to out run the clutches of VETOV(Vampires for the Ethical Treatment of Other Vampires). Drake, who was once an Enforcer for VETOV has helped Jessie escape and now they both have a bounty on their head. Fortunately, vampires HATE the cold, and Drake has property in the area. So Eagle River should be perfect, right? Before they even get out of the car, they run across a murder scene. Seems Eagle River has a little problem with a serial killer. If that's not enough for our little trouble magnet Jessie, there's a large werewolf population in town and one just happens to be Gabe, a werewolf who kidnapped her while she was in Phoenix. His actions got him thrown out of his pack, and he is looking for revenge. Poor Drake and Jessie, these two just can't catch a break. Full review posted at http://www.ragesexandteddybears.blogs...
not his best, but entertaining
I loved the beginning of this book when the author talks about moving back to Mumbai after years away in NYC and Europe. It was fascinating to see another country through the eyes of someone returning. However this book is unfortunately not a biography and moves on to the author's exploration of various seedy sides of the city which became overwhelmingly depressing (maybe I don't know the positive attributes of the city enough to appreciate the negatives in any context?). I haven't been able to get through the whole thing.