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A review by smohundro
City of Tiny Lights by Patrick Neate
3.0
I totally picked up this book because of the pixel art cover (and the sale price at Powell's). But I was pleasantly surprised that the book was actually quite decent, serious. A good half of it was the way the writer used language; I don't know if everyone in London talks like this, but I really liked the lingo. As a mystery, it's not that suspenseful, but it has plenty of colorful characters and twists and turns. It would help if I could understand cricket, for real.
The author appears to be Caucasian yet the main character is an Indian-Ugandan geezer (a bit more tan, you might say). So some of the cultural stuff is a bit suspect without knowing more about the reaction to this book in England.
It touches on subjects like multicultural cities of the world, terrorism, the aforementioned game of cricket, smoking Bennies, and drinking lots of Turk. Serious.
The author appears to be Caucasian yet the main character is an Indian-Ugandan geezer (a bit more tan, you might say). So some of the cultural stuff is a bit suspect without knowing more about the reaction to this book in England.
It touches on subjects like multicultural cities of the world, terrorism, the aforementioned game of cricket, smoking Bennies, and drinking lots of Turk. Serious.