Perfect Circle And, a supremely skilled storyteller, he saves the best for last."—Texas Monthly"Stewart's mastery of Will's first-person narration is unflinching and unfaltering. The voice conjured here is absolutely authentic and affecting.
| TITLE | : | Perfect Circle |
| AUTHOR | : | |
| RATING | : | 4.77 (568 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 1931520119 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Paperback |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 243 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 2004-06-01 |
| GENRE | : |
William “Dead” Kennedy is in trouble. He’s thirty-two, in love with his ex-wife, has lost his job, and he’s been dreaming about ghost roads again. Sometimes a guy is haunted for a really good reason.— Nebula and World Fantasy Award finalist— A Book Sense Notable Book— Best of the Year: Booklist, Locus, San Francisco Chronicle— A Locus bestseller"Stewart's quicksilver wit makes Perfect Circle perfectly hilarious. And, a supremely skilled storyteller, he saves the best for last."—Texas Monthly"Stewart's mastery of Will's first-person narration is unflinching and unfaltering. The voice conjured here is absolutely authentic and affecting."—Washington Post"Stewart's compelling account of how DK comes to grips with his ghosts, both actual and metaphorical, is alternately poignant and hilarious, with some genuinely
Editorial : From Publishers Weekly Ghosts are like homeless people, we are told by DK "Dead" Kennedy, the hero of World Fantasy Award winner Stewart's latest blend of magical realism and Texas regionalism: most of us look away, but he can't. This ability to see the other side complicates life tremendously (he can't drive because at night ghosts look just like the living, and he's wrecked cars avoiding them), especially when a distant cousin hires him to exorcise the ghost of a girl the cousin murdered. Part of the novel deals with DK's offbeat career as an alternative exorcist, but what Stewart seems really to focus on is how these abilities now threaten his relationships with family, both immediate and extended. DK still loves his ex-wife and is active in the life of his daughter, but comes to realize that he's like a ghost in their lives: "Not all ghosts are dead, but all are hungry." Stewart's co
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