Helpful Score: 1
I thought this was a very good book. I had read Rule of the Bone and thought the same of it. Mr Banks isn't going to write a feel good story I'm convinced but his books leave you impressed.
A powerful,disturbing study in moral "drift" confusion and uncertainty." San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle
Awful. I was tempted to quit reading because Bob, the main character, is such a weak character. I hope this is not "the great American novel" that some think it is, or life in America is shallow, meaningless, and ugly.
This is the story of Bob Dubois, a young blue collar worker with 2 daughters, two womwn and too many debts, who decided one snowy Christmas season that he hated his life. He struck out in search of the american dream- and found a nightmare of life in florida today.
This book had good reviews, and it was well-written; however, the characters were unappealing to me.
