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2015 TOURNAMENT OF BOOKS
2015 TOURNAMENT OF BOOKS
Breathy, superficial, first-person narrative.
Full of vagaries - just fill in the blanks.
"Surreal" would be a better title as it has the disorienting, hallucinatory quality of a
dream ... and don't you just hate it when someone goes on and on about
their weird adventures while asleep ... wake me up when it is over!!
The (nameless) characters are exploring (the almost nameless) Area X. When exploring a "tower" (no, it is not a tunnel!) and follow a gibberish set of words they meet up with an amorphous, mucilaginous Thing.
In fact, it is not just the "thing" that is amorphous and mucilaginous. The plot is without clear definition - can something be dry and viscous at the same time? Characterisation is minimal, without substance or credibility.
If I remember correctly the term "annihilation" was the hypnotic trigger to commit suicide ... and this book did just that!
