A little belatedly, I've just finished Paul Cain's widely and
wildly praised FAST ONE. I can't say I caught the fever.
Aside from the ending, which is bleak as they come and worthy
of the other Cain, I found the story very hard to follow,
motivations cluttered, and characters barely distinguishable.
It's good, hard writing, but I had to force myself to stay
with it, as I couldn't pick it up again after a few hours and
remember who was who and what it was about. Those last three
or four pages, though, are worth remembering.
Jim Beaver Nawyecka Productions jumblejim@prodigy.spam
(replace "spam" with "net")
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