Review: A long way from crime fiction
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 9, 2009
Seth Harwood really shows off his literary chops with the short story collection A Long Way From Disney. Portions of the stories are loosely based on his childhood, but the fictitious aspects blend in seamlessly. While it is a collection of short stories, the way it focuses on a single character makes it seem more like a novel.Readers more familiar with Seth's crime fiction (Jack Wakes Up) might be a little taken aback at first, with the lack of violence and action. Instead, we get to know a boy named Adam, and follow him as he grows up. Set in Boston, rather than San Francisco, like Seth's other work, things are a bit more laid back. Most of the stories are a little on the somber side, with a tearjerker here and there, but nothing full on depressing.Even though Adam's journey to adulthood is loosely based on Seth's own life, any reader who ever had difficulty relating to parents, friends, members of the opposite sex, bullies, or themselves should have little difficulty relating to the content.