Thursday, January 25, 2007

The Zero by Jess Walter

A creative book, which always gets my attention. The main character has PTSD from 9/11 and is experiencing gaps in his memory. Or possibly a multiple personality, and the only personality the reader sees is the good, but confused, one. He's attempting to solve a complicated mystery, and the confusing snapshots that he, and the reader, get are what drive the novel forward.

When I saw there were three parts I hoped something would change in part two - maybe a switch to the "bad" personality, but it didn't happen. As a result I started to get a little tired of the short-attention-span nature of the writing, but it was still a page turner, something that is rare in these literary novels. I highly recommend it.

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