this was our book club book for april. i am a huge fan of older, gritty, detective novels, as this one was pegged. i didn’t really like this book at first. to me it was an odd little book. i feel i am pretty open minded about everything and i still thought cora was nuts! the more i thought about the book and the more we discussed it at book club the more i found i liked it. frank and cora’s relationship was brutally honest, “i was trying to figure out how i would kill you.” the ending completely shocked me. it was like i hit a brick wall.(it actually made me gasp when i was reading it).
i think you should read it, if for only the fact it was banned in boston for the explicit sexuality and violence. besides, it’s short- about 100 pages.