Review: Powerul Work Proves Author is "The Sum of His Worth"
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 6, 2014
Ron Argo, best known of his acclaimed Vietnam book, "The Year of the Monkey," as well as an eclectic collection of reads has added another powerful work to his body of work that shows just how good a writer he is.In the "Sum of His Worth," we are on several cusps. It is the cusp of major social upheaval as African-Americans are starting to make their mark on the U.S. and there are those of the KKK who, still conducting hate crimes, would just as soon see every African-American go away. We are on the cusp of a young man's flirtations not only with manhood, but also with friendships.It is a novel about change that is written in Argo's clear elegant style. I won't go into all of the plot twists and turns here as Argo handles that very well himself but by the time you are finished with this novel, you are breathless. And, it all begins with a supposedly "harmless" coon-hunting expedition in the Alabama outback and ends with a Jim Crow hanging that two white kids should never have seen.Argo then builds on this innocent basis and brings us a powerfullly written, beautifully characterized work that is superb.One would suppose that with all of the fine work he has already done that he's be ready for a little down-time to enjoy the accolades he so richly deserves. He's the type of writer that other writers aspire to be."The Sum of His Worth" is clearly worth the investment of time you make reading it because not are you reading a fine author, but, at the same time, you are exposing yourself to excellent writing that helps to deepen your understanding not only of "man's inhumanity to man" but just how a fine writer shows you all about it.If you have a chance get Argo's work, you won't be dissatisfied at all.