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Factory Town by Jon Bassoff
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really liked it
bookshelves: zreading-challenge-2014


Russell Carver enters Factory town, a dystopian hell hole, to find a missing girl, Alana. As he goes deeper into the industrial wasteland he confronts his own troubled past, reliving scenes from an abusive childhood that continue to haunt him as an adult.

This is the second book by Bassoff and it's safe to say he has an incredibly distinctive literary voice. Whilst Corrosion was a dark and depressing tour through a broken mans psyche, this is surreal, disjointed and jarring to read but for me it worked.

This book is definitely not for everyone but I found it a fascinating read and it's good to see publishers take a chance on work that doesn't fit a genre mould.
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Reading Progress

September 2, 2014 – Shelved
September 2, 2014 – Shelved as: to-read
September 10, 2014 – Shelved as: to-read-201-to-300-pages
September 11, 2014 – Shelved as: to-read
November 19, 2014 – Started Reading
November 19, 2014 –
4.0%
November 22, 2014 –
23.0%
December 1, 2014 –
27.0%
December 7, 2014 –
39.0%
December 10, 2014 –
60.0%
December 11, 2014 – Shelved as: zreading-challenge-2014
December 11, 2014 – Finished Reading

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message 1: by Bill (new) - rated it 2 stars

Bill Great review, Kate! I'm glad you dug this one :) It kind of missed for me, but I like Bassoff's writing style and look forward to reading more of his stuff. Corrosion was excellent.


message 2: by Kate (new) - rated it 4 stars

Kate Thanks, Bill. Let's hope his next book is a better one for you. :)


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