Hello again everyone I'm back! It's the July session of Camp NaNo currently so I thought my reviews might be less frequent but, as it turns out, I have quite a bit of time to read in addition to having time to write.
An Arsonist's Guide to Writer's Homes in New England is narrated by Sam Pulsifer an, albeit slightly accidental, arsonist. After accidentally setting fire to a writer's home (I'm not telling you which one, you have to read the book) his life is never the same. He ends up going to jail for a number of years and when he finally gets out everything's changed. One day, while visiting his parents he finds out that people have written him, while he was in jail, to ask him to burn down other writer's homes. But he has a new life now, he's walked away from his past, or has he? when an unexpected figure shows up at his door his new life takes a nasty turn and secrets from the past are revealed. I'll leave you to find out the rest on your own if you read the book.
Let me preface this by saying that this book was an impulse check-out from my local library. I'd gone there with a list of things to look for (none of which they had on hand but all of which I put on hold) and there it was, on the display shelf, you know, the ones libraries have in the hopes that you'll check out some books that they're promoting. So I thought I'd check it out and I must say I was pleasantly surprised. It's very well written and Sam's voice really speaks to you though the pages. Brock Clarke writes a brilliant narrative full of secrets and lies and ghosts from the past come back to haunt our narrator.
All in all I think I would give this book and 10/10. I think many people, literary enthusiasts included, would love it and it also, kind of, serves as a sight-seeing guide, if you go to New England which writer's houses should you see, kind of thing.
I definitely recommend reading this book. As always I am constantly taking suggestions for books to read and you can give me those suggestions via Twitter or in the comments below, if you have suggested a book that I have not yet reviewed, sorry about that, it's more than likely in my pile of library books to read and I will get to it I promise.
Until next time keep reading, and writing!
On my reading list!
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