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The Night Always Comes
by Willy Vlautin
A new Willy Vlautin book is always cause for celebration in my corner of the house. He returns with a story bringing us another damaged character still clinging to hope of something better despite all the world throws at them.
Lynette has been saving for years in order to save enough, so that she, her mother and her developmentally disabled brother can purchase the house they have been renting for decades. On the eve of the deal, she returns to find her mum has purchased a new car and doesn't want to go through with the sale. Lynette, who has overcome so much in terms of her psyche, is sent spinning into the darkness of her past and deep into the Portland night.
This is Vlautin's most noir book yet with things becoming decidedly crime ridden as we discover more and more about Lynette's life. Chapter 16 gives us some classic Vlautin storytelling and it is another masterclass at the type of tale Vlautin has built his career on.
The book doesn't just jibe against capitalism, but asks if the people with the money know something we "losers" don't. It's classic Vlautin, but very much of the times too as the naked greed becomes clearer for all to see and people are asking themselves important questions about the things they really need from life following the most turbulent time we have faced in many of our lifetimes.
This will be read again as all Vlautin books eventually are and there is plenty here to chew on.
Lynette has been saving for years in order to save enough, so that she, her mother and her developmentally disabled brother can purchase the house they have been renting for decades. On the eve of the deal, she returns to find her mum has purchased a new car and doesn't want to go through with the sale. Lynette, who has overcome so much in terms of her psyche, is sent spinning into the darkness of her past and deep into the Portland night.
This is Vlautin's most noir book yet with things becoming decidedly crime ridden as we discover more and more about Lynette's life. Chapter 16 gives us some classic Vlautin storytelling and it is another masterclass at the type of tale Vlautin has built his career on.
The book doesn't just jibe against capitalism, but asks if the people with the money know something we "losers" don't. It's classic Vlautin, but very much of the times too as the naked greed becomes clearer for all to see and people are asking themselves important questions about the things they really need from life following the most turbulent time we have faced in many of our lifetimes.
This will be read again as all Vlautin books eventually are and there is plenty here to chew on.