This is certainly different. The story is told in a very unique way, and will definitely not be for everyone. Kudos to the author for taking a unique approach, and for his imagination. I guess I'd call this speculative fiction. If you're seeking something different and maybe risky this might work for you.

Thanks very much for the review copy!!

This one intrigued me with its promise of a tale set among the movie making business. For some reason, those usually have a nearly irresistible appeal for me. Plus it was short enough to comfortably take a chance on a new author. The book tells a story of a man named BB Danser, it follows him from 1951 when at the age of 14 he experiences a tragic separation from his beloved movie star mother and his despot father on. Not quite a romp or a picaresque, BB isn’t as engaging or cheeky of a narrator, in fact he’s mostly an observer, his world much more manageable through the view finder. BB’s detachment is almost surreal at times as life takes him from one vagary to the next and he manages to persevere throughout. Meanwhile, he manages to accumulate (it seriously is random enough to warrant the description) some adapted kids and a distant unpleasant wife, who he refers to as Mother, though he never manages to find his actually mother, referred to as Mumm. BB takes on various jobs of various legality in and around movie business throughout the years. Things change, things remain the same. Kids mature, Mother goes mad, movie business evolves and BB stays the same in the way that he never really has enough character to develop. It’s difficult to think of himself as more than a prop, on a movie set he’d be something like a camera. So from that perspective this is a way more of an experimental novel than the actual plot and narrative suggests. A very emotionless, dispassionate sort of story that’s interesting enough to follow, but one that doesn’t offer and require any sort of emotional engagement. A quick read, albeit it not an easily recommendable one. More of a novelty almost or at the very least an acquired taste. Well written enough to check out, certainly. Thanks Netgalley.