Brenner and God by Wolf Hass, translated from German, is one of the most contrived writing pieces I have read in a long time. The book is 215 pages and I had to put the book down on page 60 due to the constant repitition of thoughts running through the main characters head on the dissapearance of the young girl he was driving around.
The ida of the book is interesting, along the lines of Carl Hiaasen, who the publishing house paid to positively review the book??? First person, inside your head mystery. Sadly falls short. Brenner doesn't have a brain worth reading about. Hass's writing style is collegiate at best. The mystery is secondard to the bad writing.
There is an outline of a plot. Big money kidnaps a little girl. But that falls aside to the intrigue of who slept with who, that is not well connected to the plot. The constant use of the word cesspit, meaning cess pool is also beyond annoying.
Don't waste your time. At this rate, I could even get publish. (OK- maybe not, but you see my point!)
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