In the Middle of All This

This read more like a collection of connected stories than a novel. The voices of the three narrators are compelling, but the book suffers from a lack of focus.

Why does a man think that to be a man he has to use the "f" word constantly? In all its parts of speech.

One of the characters in this uncompromising book remarks that life always takes place "in the middle of all this," and it certainly does. This is a long journey in a short book and each page is fresh, beautifully conceived and wonderfully well-written.