Book Review #146
Dogs & Wolves
by Hervé Le Corre Howard Curtis (translator)
Barry Levy's review
Very disappointing. This is a work of literary fiction and frankly I wish it weren't. There is far too much description and way too many metaphors. I wish it were simply a crime novel about a guy released from prison who gets involved with his missing brother's coked up, crazy girlfriend and her ties with hoodlums out for revenge. That story line might have made for an intriguing French film noir with a tough guy who falls for a deceitful and deadly femme fatale. Instead, the plot meanders for nearly 300 pages and concludes with a confusing tale of who killed whom, followed by a disappointingly abrupt ending.
by Hervé Le Corre Howard Curtis (translator)
Barry Levy's review
Very disappointing. This is a work of literary fiction and frankly I wish it weren't. There is far too much description and way too many metaphors. I wish it were simply a crime novel about a guy released from prison who gets involved with his missing brother's coked up, crazy girlfriend and her ties with hoodlums out for revenge. That story line might have made for an intriguing French film noir with a tough guy who falls for a deceitful and deadly femme fatale. Instead, the plot meanders for nearly 300 pages and concludes with a confusing tale of who killed whom, followed by a disappointingly abrupt ending.
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