City Of Light

by Michael Doane

Working for a small organization monitoring international human rights violations, Thomas Zane is plunged into a nightmarish labyrinth of African politics, betrayal, torture, and death, when he investigates the mysterious killing of his best friend

323 pages, Hardcover

First published October 13, 1992

Reviews

[Keith Rosson · Rating 5 out of 5]

BULLET HEART was the first Doane novel I read, in my mid-twenties, back in one of my many stints in college, skulking among the shelves of the school library and desperately trying to figure out what kind of writer I wanted to be. Alongside Daryl Spencer, Doane really showcased the kind of literary fiction I would fall in love with and try, terribly, for a long time, to emulate. While the man's always struggled a bit against plot - a few of his novels feel like the endings were wildly rushed and thrown together - his sentences and voice remain absolutely dazzling. Muscular, vibrant, gorgeous writing, truncated when it needs to be, and with CITY OF LIGHT he manages to offer up a near pitch-perfect blend of literary fiction and spy thriller. One of the few writers I'll come back to for the rest of my life.

[Marissa Faye · Rating 1 out of 5]

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