![]() ![]() ![]() This is much more than the saga of a man dealing with a nightmare of a job we've read that story. Indeed, his tale is an uphill battle fighting off co-workers, girlfriends, and ghosts. We learn what he is and how he probably deals with his life (slouched sweating). Trilby is in for one very long literary journey. It is a delightful opening sentence and reveals to us that this Mr. ![]() This is how his story begins: "One brutally hot summer's morning, Paul Trilby - ex-husband, temp typist, cat murderer - slouched sweating in his t-shirt on his way to work, waiting behind the wheel of his car ofr the longest red light in central Texas." He is likeable, charming, and has been reduced to a state of misery through infidelity and bad choices. Paul Trilby is a deep-thinking ex-college professor who has been reduced to writing how-to manuals for the state of Texas. That is, this is a book that will make you laugh, scare you, and touch you in a special way that only novels with terrifically defined characters can. There are elements of humor and horror, all washed over with the eternal hubris of the human condition. Book review: James Hynes' *Kings of Infinite Space* ![]()
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