Review: A beautiful and affecting novel.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 16, 2014
Smith has produced another well-written, beautifully thought out novel. While containing elements of romance, his novel also describes other important relationships between men: filial; brotherhood; even enmity.I'm not a big fan of novels set in prisons because they are usually too dark, too violent. This novel certainly has its dark and violent scenes, but I enjoyed it immensely anyway. There are images from the novel that will stay with me for a very long time. I'm not sure that I will reread it as often as I do, say, Latakia (still reigning supreme at the top of my all-time-best list), but I'm sure I will come back to it again.