Review: A New Author to Watch
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 3, 2014
In a captivating tale that is, all at once, thrilling, poignant, and disturbing, Charles Mahoney delivers an admirable effort in his debut novel. This is a story that explores the best and worst of human nature, and Mahoney uses the characters and subtle symbolism to examine the strongest and most powerful of all human emotions. This is a gripping story of hope and tragedy that promises to ignite our passions and inspire us to reassess our values.In the tradition of the late, great Harry Crews, Mahoney transcribes the use of heavy dialect on some of his characters to help them ring true and authentic. Overall, I was impressed with the writing technique that often ferried between smooth and abrupt transitions, forcing the reader to be ready for anything. While not, perhaps, a glistening jewel of absolute perfection, this book is certainly a diamond in the rough, and it should earn Charles Mahoney a blip on the radar screen of new authors to watch.