tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post547634640120574897..comments2023-11-05T01:05:41.190-07:00Comments on International Noir Fiction: The Tourist (no not the movie)Glenn Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04869155065647936216noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post-56421310366915842912010-12-20T14:52:42.624-08:002010-12-20T14:52:42.624-08:00I liked 'The Tourist (no, not the movie)' ...I liked 'The Tourist (no, not the movie)' quite a lot, but then I'm usually a real sucker for that whole the-world-is-a-grey-area kind of thing in spy novels. 'The Nearest Exit,' however, was a major disappointment for me. <br /><br />Yes, I know the reviews were generally quite good and the hype on Amazon was relentless, but the narrative was simply too muddled to hold my interest. Where 'The Tourist' was grey, 'The Nearest Exit' was merely opaque. I can do muddy as well as the next man, but there has to be at least enough internal consistency and illumination in the narrative to make me want to follow the string and see where it takes me. By the time I was halfway though 'The Nearest Exit,' I realized I had simply given up on Milo and, as they say, lost the plot. I abandoned the book right there, although I almost never do that. A major disappointment.Jake Needhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09353646092495999596noreply@blogger.com