Back in August we had picked John Brandon’s second novel for our First Editions Club, taking out the remaining stock at the publishers. It was some time for us, and everyone else, before receiving the second printings; but I hope it is not forgotten. The novel is well worth reading. I very much enjoyed meeting Brandon and his family when they came down from Oxford for the signing. It was impressive the amount of hard-working odd jobs the man has gone through to be able to support his family and be able to write at the same time.
I believe his work is paying off and he has given us a solid story showing us twisting minds of the normal (ish) people that we are. He used such a delicate plot that was not abused or manipulated to strum the heart strings as it could have. The story hangs onto you and the intensity of the unsaid is powerful. His sense of the characters involved is a powerful hard copy that illustrates for us the situations and minds of the young and not so old as they are coming of age. He displays such a natural knowledge of the characters and that is definitely one of my favorite things to read. Its going to be exciting to watch this man continue with his work.
-John P.
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