Anyone prone to nightmares or paranoia should not read
Peace's _1974._ It is by turns depressing and terrifying
(depending on whether a given particular nasty event could
happen to you personally), yet so breathlessly well written
you will not be able to stop reading it. Imagine how horrible
and disgusting this book could have been if Peace hadn't
limited himself to England and would have had in that year,
say, Nixon and Rizzo to factor in.
And then there's commercial fiction,
such as _Men in Blue._ I've grown unaccustomed to
conventional books that start out with a beautiful, rich
television news anchor utterly smitten with a motorcycle cop,
apparently because he's so rude, married, and macho. Rizzo is
in this one, called Carlucci, but I don't think I'll get past
our heroine's natural blond hair or yellow Cadillac
convertible to see if he's realistically portrayed.
Joy, deciding on her next read
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