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citizen_noir 's review for:
Chicago: A Novel of Prohibition
by David Mamet
I was expecting to like CHICAGO, by David Mamet, a lot more than I did, especially since it has so many of the elements I crave in a story: big city setting, snappy, tough talking characters, and a crime that hits close to the heart.
Mike Hodge, a veteran from the Great War, is an up and coming writer for the Chicago Tribune. He and his buddy, Parlow, trod the mean streets of the Windy City, looking for scoops in the underbelly of society. Mike is in love with a beautiful young woman, Annie Walsh, who is inexplicably murdered one night by a lone assassin who breaks into Mike’s apartment. Was the gunman really trying to kill Mike? Or, if not, why had he come for Annie? And what would Mike do if and when he ever caught the killer?
As good as all that sounds, I struggled mightily with this story. Maybe it’s because Annie’s murder happens on page 116, when I was already starting to check out from the book. Or maybe it’s because I had trouble keeping track of the characters and their snappy dialogue. Or maybe it’s because I simply didn’t care about anyone in the book. Whatever it was, I’m glad to be done with this book.
Mike Hodge, a veteran from the Great War, is an up and coming writer for the Chicago Tribune. He and his buddy, Parlow, trod the mean streets of the Windy City, looking for scoops in the underbelly of society. Mike is in love with a beautiful young woman, Annie Walsh, who is inexplicably murdered one night by a lone assassin who breaks into Mike’s apartment. Was the gunman really trying to kill Mike? Or, if not, why had he come for Annie? And what would Mike do if and when he ever caught the killer?
As good as all that sounds, I struggled mightily with this story. Maybe it’s because Annie’s murder happens on page 116, when I was already starting to check out from the book. Or maybe it’s because I had trouble keeping track of the characters and their snappy dialogue. Or maybe it’s because I simply didn’t care about anyone in the book. Whatever it was, I’m glad to be done with this book.