Booklist
Here's the Booklist review for Sweet Nothing:
Advanced Review – Uncorrected Proof
Lange, Richard (Author)
Feb 2015. 272 p. Little, Brown/Mulholland, hardcover, $26. (9780316327541). Little, Brown/Mulholland, e-book, $12.99. (9780316327503).
Lange, author of the award-winning short story collection Dead Boys (2007) and the well-received novel Angel Baby (2013), provides readers with a walk on the dark side, mostly in Los Angeles. He portrays the lives of people struggling to survive, with the focus on families, both blood-related and chance-made. Drug addicts, working folk, and the occasional loner people this collection of skillfully constructed short stories. In “Baby Killer,” Bianca’s fear of gang vengeance is suddenly erased when she sees the gunman, Puppet, in her own home. Campbell, a drug addict, can hardly keep his head above water after his lover Maryrose dies of an overdose in “Instinctive Drowning Response.” In “After All,” a desolate future drives Bear and his son, Benny, into the wilderness to hunt for his grandfather’s Krugerrands to square family debts. In the heartrending “To Ashes,” the solitary Brewster meets a father and son searching for relatives from Mexico who may not have survived a fierce wildfire. These 10 stories will have broad appeal because of Lange’s accessible style and fine characterization.
— Ellen Loughran
Advanced Review – Uncorrected Proof
Lange, Richard (Author)
Feb 2015. 272 p. Little, Brown/Mulholland, hardcover, $26. (9780316327541). Little, Brown/Mulholland, e-book, $12.99. (9780316327503).
Lange, author of the award-winning short story collection Dead Boys (2007) and the well-received novel Angel Baby (2013), provides readers with a walk on the dark side, mostly in Los Angeles. He portrays the lives of people struggling to survive, with the focus on families, both blood-related and chance-made. Drug addicts, working folk, and the occasional loner people this collection of skillfully constructed short stories. In “Baby Killer,” Bianca’s fear of gang vengeance is suddenly erased when she sees the gunman, Puppet, in her own home. Campbell, a drug addict, can hardly keep his head above water after his lover Maryrose dies of an overdose in “Instinctive Drowning Response.” In “After All,” a desolate future drives Bear and his son, Benny, into the wilderness to hunt for his grandfather’s Krugerrands to square family debts. In the heartrending “To Ashes,” the solitary Brewster meets a father and son searching for relatives from Mexico who may not have survived a fierce wildfire. These 10 stories will have broad appeal because of Lange’s accessible style and fine characterization.
— Ellen Loughran
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