The Gargoyle
I read many books and once in a while one book stands out above the rest to be quality literature well written. This is one such book. I was so amazed at the wonderful descriptive passage on the first few pages, that I give the book to my children to read as an example of incredibly well written prose.
Having said that, the opening of the book is of a horrendous car accident where the hero is horribly badly burned. I enjoyed the description, but not the image of such the author painted in my imagination. The hero (whose name we never learn) was a porn star until his body was wrecked in the fire of a car accident. For most of the book he is in hospital, unable to move, remembering his former life and not wanting a future life.
Then Marianne Engel appears one day. She tells stories of them together in a former life. Are the stories real, or imagined? That is left to you to decide.
The thing I will say about this book is that is is graphic. One member of our book club gave up reading it because she didn't want to read the details of his life in the porn industry, and the incredible descriptions of his pain while in hospital. But for me, they are the things I remember most. I felt I was inside the head of our hero and thus that is what made the book memorable for me. Marianne adds mystery to the book as to who she is and where she came from.
Truly an amazing read, if you like that kind of thing.
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