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(We have not discussed this in the group but it was a ‘spin off’ from one of our meetings and this review is in a personal capacity.)

Our group didn’t like this author but I did, so I have read some of his other stuff. However, this book is alternative and I wasn’t so keen. In fact I got bored with it quite early on.

The storyteller claims a particular approach for this book: &#;Dangerous writing means putting a piece of yourself in a work, going to the &#;sore spot,&#; and discussing taboo topics, particularly sex and violence. It means writing for yourself, a concept that in the literary world was thought to make you go broke. It means exposing yourself to the tiger, not physically, but mentally.&#;

The childhood of the chief character is skillfully described, not least by his spelling out all the big words that he is learning. The trouble is that he continues to d this in adulthood.

He experiences American white prejudice, having to ride on the foremost of a stagecoach rather than inside. His sexuality is mysterious and alluring to white men.

But did he really drink a pint of whiskey in one s