Review: This book defines noir!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 12, 2012
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JASON DEAN by Ian AyrisThis novel fits the very definition of noir just about as well as any book I've read in a long time. Someone said noir is when things start out in a bad place and get worse. This is Jason Dean's lot in life described perfectly. It's also the lot of a ginormous number of real people and Ian Ayris has got it right. Jason Dean is a brutal man, in a brutal existence, and yet, in spite of the depth of the world to which he's sunk, he displays a moral code that puts to shame that of many a high church official. Good books elicit emotion from their readers and A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JASON DEAN does precisely that. When I come to the end of my days and have time to reflect, I'm sure there will be books I've spent time on that I will regret spending time on and wish that time back. Not for this one.