After too long of an absence, my work returns to the pages of the Chicago Sun-Times, where I review Stephen King's excellent Duma Key.
I don't ordinarily care for long books, but I enjoyed this one a lot.
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David J. Montgomery is the thriller/mystery critic for The Daily Beast and the Chicago Sun-Times. He has written about authors and books for several of the country's largest newspapers, including the Washington Post, USA Today and Boston Globe.
He lives in the Washington, D.C. suburbs with his wife and daughters.
Me too - It scared me a lot
http://www.januarymagazine.com/fiction/dumakey.html
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Posted by: Ali | January 21, 2008 at 10:51 AM
If you read this book, how could you have gotten the name of one of the key characters incorrect? It was "Wireman", not "Hardman". This isn't a little error.
Posted by: Paula | January 27, 2008 at 09:42 PM
Paula,
You're the second person to point out my mistake. For some reason, the name "Hardman" stuck in my head, so when I went to write my review that's what I used. I should have doublechecked the text, but I didn't anticipate that I'd misremembered the character's name.
Silly mistake, I know.
Posted by: David J. Montgomery | January 28, 2008 at 08:09 AM
I enjoyed your review of Duma Key (and enjoy your reviews and commentary in general). But the main reason for this comment is that it is so refreshing to read that I am not the only one who does not think the longer the book the better.
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