Review: Vile, gross, repellent -- but not in a bad way
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 27, 2013
Vile, gross, repellent, awful, stinking, appalling...We have mostly known people like Henry, the protagonist of this story -- or at least I have. My neighbor in college decided to celebrate his freedom from his parents' rules by not bathing any more. Lasted close to a year, that. (Yes, he did better with the young ladies than I did even so, but never mind that part of the story...)  All the above adjectives describe Henry, a dizzying obtuse slob whose filth puts him in mortal peril. Henry doesn't take care of his home, with a potentially deadly result. But because it's Henry's fault, the toilet, which comes to life, is as much the victim as the agressor. The story itself will make you cringe with disgust at its details, but it's damn well written. Good job, Keith.