The thing is, we all know a Dick or have heard of a Dick. You hear the Tetris pieces fall into place when the main character starts catching on to what’s been going on. You hear the gravel rolling as you’re dragged through it. You don’t hear birds singing with this one. The way it’s told is what makes this book worth reading.ĭan Skinner’s voice in this one is not lyrical. It’s a sad, gut-wrenching story with a good ending. It’s the story of a photographer, JJ, who becomes friends with a man called Dick, a guy who works in a brokerage firm and who’s really good at getting what he wants. It was poetic, charming and heartbreaking. Skinner wrote Memorizing You, one of the most beautifully written books I’ve had the pleasure to read (although it broke my heart to pieces), a coming-of-age romance between two boys set in the seventies. But it is fabulous, superbly well-written and can’t-put-it-down good.
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