This book, if nothing else, provides a tretise on the importance of finding a good title. Which is odd, I find that good novel titles are everywhere! Behind Locked Doors, Sunset Perfection, Oasis Club. That's just off the top of my head! Sultry Quagmire? Needs work. Sounds like a slow, mad, racing horse name to me.
The book itself is . . . well to be nice, it's trying very hard. Sadly, I don't think its achieving much despite all that effort. The author has an earnestness to his writing, which is simple, and surprisingly refreshing.
One thing this novel has going for it, along with the writing style, is the era that the author picked. I am a sucker for war novels and for depression era novels. The life, the troubles and challenges, the simplicity of the life with the coming complexity of the war. For me, this is a wonderful era to read about which was enjoyable to find in this work.
This is 4 stars. Would have been 5 with a better title, and a little bit more elegance and panache to the writing style.
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