![]() ![]() On many, very many pages, there’s boisterous, Saturday-morning-cartoon-like, going-in-five-different-directions chaos that might be sibling-based, it might be parental, deeply personal, humorous, relational, or sexual – and on that note, hoo boy, there are some wildly messy and explicit pages to find here. ![]() Rave The Washington Blade \"Hoo boy, Leg is the kind of book that makes you hyperventilate. A bracing story of grieving, coping, and reaching for the terms of recovery.\ Nevertheless, beyond these distractions, the vision of a coastal region and its cultural milieu offered here is often poignant. The novel is written in a style that oscillates, a little awkwardly, between brisk realism and a sometimes-strained poeticism. Less successful are the rather stale scenes and occasionally implausible dialogue charting the psychological mechanics of Les and Marlene’s failing relationship or Marlene’s interactions with Josie, her ersatz daughter, and the pimp who eventually reclaims the girl. ![]() There are consistently sharp and memorable descriptions of land and sea and of the ecological disruptions which form a counterpart to the human world.The author clearly knows this world well the daily lives of those in the fishing trade, at work and at home, are rendered with a strong sense of authenticity. Positive Kirkus \"A notable strength of the work is the engaging backdrop it provides of maritime culture in a declining town. ![]()
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