I loved this book. I listened to it during my commute this week and then brought it inside when I got home to keep listening to it. The voice is strong, consistent, and fresh (a detective film noir set in the 80s and starring a rage-filled 12 year old). I adored this Foul-Mouthed, pint-sized, bat-shit loopy (but no more than the rest of us) narrator and his spot-on observations of his world during this coming of age mini-saga. At various moments, it made me laugh out loud, cringe in mortification, and look back on my own journey into adulthood. I highly recommend. I think people might not like this book because Huge Smalls is a little like Holden in that he isn't a tidy character you feel completely OK with rooting for, but this could be mistaken as the author's mistake and not a purposeful literary decision. He's a very lonely, pitiful character.Really adored all the cultural references! Wasn't born then, but I loved all the Bruce and Puch stuff. First time that's ever happened in a book I've read.
What do You think about Huge (2009)?
Huge: A Novel by James Fuerst (no date)
—laurayde258
