Review: Insightful and Moving
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 7, 2012
Dissolute Kinship is part essay, part memoir - an entree of personal observations, experiences, and emotions garnished with a dash of socio-political commentary.  The author manages to expertly navigate the minefield that is the English language, delivering his story in a manner that is neither plain enough to be boring nor embellished to the point of incoherence.  In fact, David Antrobus is a master of putting words and phrases together, crafting narrative that is a pleasure to read in a mechanical sense and is also richly evocative in regards to both sensory perceptions and emotion.  His descriptions of post-911 New York City paint a vivid picture, placing the reader in that time and place, and his introspection and observations elicit emotional responses.  I don't believe that anyone with a human heart and soul can walk away from the book unmoved.