The Narrow Window (A Novel)
By: Gary D. Wilson - Roundfire Books - $17.95
Overview: As the turbulent 1960s draw to a close, an inexplicable crime forces two young Americans who are teaching in Africa, and those around them, to confront issues of motivation, culture and belonging.
Verdict: The shocking rape of a Peace Corps volunteer shatters the precarious balance of American idealism and hypocrisy in l969 Swaziland, a newly independent country dealing with its own equally fraught post-colonial issues.
In what is a mighty fine read, from start to finish, and chock full of fascinatingly characters, themselves, each and every one, a fully rounded, fully functional being for us to lock in on, The Narrow Window (A Novel) by author Gary D. Wilson is one of those books they term as a literal page turner.
As we grip immediately onto the story line from the off, the beautifully sculpted, and for the most part exotic locations are absorbed vicariously into us, our minds thus following along as if we were standing beside the characters on the page.
With personal agendas abounding, The Narrow Window is a somewhat heartbreak of a read, sure, but at the same time it is both breathtakingly thoughtful, deliciously alluring in its genuinely impassioned prose.
A dutiful tale of one’s very own identity, who we are, who we wish to become, and who we eventually become, along with the meaning of belonging (mentally and physically), it’s about everything we leave behind along with the accumulated baggage we take with us, of course.
About the Author - Gary D. Wilson is a fiction writer who currently lives in Chicago, Il. He has taught fiction writing at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Chicago. His book publications include the novels Sing, Ronnie Blue and Getting Right, as well as the short story collection, For Those Who Favor Fire.
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