欧宝娱乐

A LARGE (697 pages) tome, mostly a complex, multi-layered mystery, combined with some grossness (he DID write "Ghost Story," and collaborated with Stephen King on "The Talisman" and "Black House," both of which I highly recommend, after all) and both childhood and Vietnam trauma, vividly depicted. Complicated relationships, corruption, interesting characters, and a very satisfying ending, indeed overall a very satisfying read. Someone else did say that the description of computer savvy from 1994 is quaintly laughable in today's e-world, but doesn't detract from the story. My favorite passage is early in the book when the main character, Tim Underwood, describes his initial days in Vietnam. Goes like this:

Every day I reported to a cynical captain named McCue, Hamilton McCue, who rubbed his square fingers over his babyish pink cheeks and assigned me to whatever task took his momentary fancy. I moved barrels from beneath the latrine and poured kerosene into them so old Vietnamese women could incinerate our shit...

Well, that was me, at Fire Base Alpha, being a Medic I was on Hygiene Patrol, where once a week I did the same thing, although it was me and not the Vietnamese women who did the burning. Well, people kinda left you alone that day...

My first Five Stars for a book, highly recommend it!