Kiss Me Deadly

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>It is seldom that there comes a novel which can be wholly and enthusiastically endorsed not only for its superlative value but also as food for quiet and humanising thought for all ages in any era.</span></p><p class=ql-align-right><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>- The Burlington Gazette</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The first draft of </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Kiss Me Deadly</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> was handed to a group of Exeter </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Academy postgrads. Hereto their good bad and indifferent points of view:</span></p><p><br></p><p class=ql-align-center><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I found the impetus of the story irresistible - there was no time to ponder its narrative values </em></p><p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p class=ql-align-center><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The novel has tempo and bounce and by and large a wonderful charm that just keeps coming.</em></p><p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p class=ql-align-center><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Wow! The 'Mob' has been given a new lease of life - whether it deserves or requires such is another matter!</em></p><p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p class=ql-align-center><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>At times I was beginning to love the 'Mob' just a little too much for comfort. A smart-alecky device chock-full and out of place me thinks! </em></p><p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p class=ql-align-center><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>It's both benign and stylish charm is unreservedly recommended by this reader.</em></p><p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p class=ql-align-center><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Parts of the book have an air of uncertainty as though it is in search of a hero.</em></p><p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p class=ql-align-center><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Not that it matters but I am told the larger part of this story is true. However what you get kind of glosses over the brutal and squalid stuff. </em></p><p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p class=ql-align-center><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This novel could be considered as being somewhat short. However it still has a vivid intensity which easily compels me to read it again. </em></p><p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p class=ql-align-center><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I am positive that the essential humanity of the story will ensure a hugely wide appeal. </em></p><p><br></p>