Friday, March 13, 2009

The Glister by John Burnside


What a creepy cover! But the book just didn't live up to the cover. Young boys are disappearing in an economically depressed town. The chemical plant has closed, leaving workers with horrible diseases and townspeople with strange cancers. Even the children are affected, and Leonard and his friends act strangely and kinda freaky. The local policeman is owned by the rich guy in town and when the boys start disappearing, not much happens. (This is when my common sense kicked in and asked, "Where are the feds?") But no one seems to care about the town--not even the local citizens. The book is creepy in a quiet way, but I was looking for more shock and awe.

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