David Hollis, “outsider,” “consummate anti-hero” (130), and “intellectual machine” (102) explains away life with the humor and wit of a convoluted Dennis Miller monologue, the dirty savant barfly philosophy of Tom Waits, and the Hollywood literateur persona of Bret Easton Ellis. Love him (most do) or hate him (most will eventually), Hollis is an arresting personality, beautifully explored and displayed in C.M Barons’s novel, In The Midst Of.

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In the Midst Of is one of the most difficult reads I’ve had in awhile. Set in the 70s, much of the book felt like perhaps it as an inside joke that you will only understand if you lived the party life of the decade. The story seems to bounce from one party or bar to the next, all with the character of Hollis as the center of attention. To those of us who did not live that life, the tale is tedious and very often, pointless.

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