Review: A fourth full-filling the needed rider in carpools on the Detroit highways.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 4, 2013
I liked the character Walter Glass opting to make sure he gets to work supporting his family by being the fourth in a car pool as its required lawful rider. He is earning his way by haggling over fair price for the ride of a stranger and three others. The story goes quickly South, and we learn the implications of his being the fourth. We also find out about the lack of rights of a fourth, along with the potentional dangers of the job. The character is entertaining, and he has to be a seller and haggler negotiating his price for the ride. This story is a short one, the author has a longer novel, Taking the Highway with more of the story of the fourths along the Detroit highways for workers getting to work. I liked the premise and enjoyed the story along with some subtle wit by the character, and the people he did meet up with in the story. I have searched the author's library, and I picked up Zoners and plan on reading Taking the Highway too. It has a cutting edge, I look for in my reads which I like.