The Train by Jeff Howe
Fascinating Post Modern Journey
This is the second work by Jeff Howe that I have read and I now count myself a fan. In this surrealistic train ride Howe proves himself a writer’s writer, with each sentence being a pleasure of reading in and of itself, and not merely part of the means to plot’s end. The author mixes suspense, reflection, stream-of-consciousness, along with O’connor-like observance to insure that the reader is always intrigued but held in limbo, never knowing where the train is going or where it will stop. Just like a train, it will cause you to speed up and slow down your pace with each fluctuation in prose, an device highly condusive to keeping the reader hanging on the edge of the seat. The ending is a possibly supernatural twist, or is it? Still as I am writing the review, I am pondering its depth, thinking that I’ve gotten it, but wondering if you’ve got something else that may have escaped me…