Review: Spooner

Spooner by Pete Dexter

My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Sorry… I love Pete Dexter, and have read most of his books. Reading 'Paris Trout' and 'God's Pocket' (while living on the edge of the same South Philly neighborhood featured in 'God's Pocket,' where he got his ass kicked terribly by bat-wielding thugs) were memorable reading experiences. As a journalist, I'm inspired by his transformation from newsman to novelist. And as a columnist, he was fearless (I highly recommend 'Paper Trails'.) Now that I live in the Pacific Northwest, not far from Dexter's Whidbey Island home, I desperately wanted to love his somewhat autobiographical 'Spooner'. But, I hate to say it… I got bored, and (a rarity for me) quit reading halfway through. Sorry, Pete… still a fan, though.

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