{"id":3334,"date":"2023-12-14T18:01:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T18:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/?p=3334"},"modified":"2024-01-04T16:39:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T16:39:45","slug":"fire-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/?p=3334","title":{"rendered":"Fire Exit"},"content":{"rendered":"

In his debut novel, prizewinning short-story author Talty (a citizen of the Penobscot Indian Nation) brings us to just outside the border of the Penobscot reservation in Maine. Charles Lamosway lives within sight of the reservation, also within sight of a house where his daughter, Ellie, lives. Most people, including Ellie, think that her mother\u2019s husband is Ellie\u2019s father. Charles knows \u201cwhat it [is] like to feel invisible inside the great, great dream of being,\u201d with Talty succeeding beautifully in portraying a man who\u2019s cut off from his own life and from the world around him, even as he cares for his mother, who is slowly slipping into dementia\u2014a situation that brings Charles and readers some moments of dark comedy\u2014and faces his stepfather\u2019s violent death. Then\u2014it seems almost inevitable, given Charles\u2019 lot in life\u2014his daughter goes missing, and secrets can no longer hold. The beauty of this book lies in following Charles as he tries to pierce the barriers that keep his love from mattering, a relentless struggle often mirrored in long phrases with repeated words (\u201cand only then did the man leave and only then did the doctor come to the heavy wooden door\u201d). There\u2019s a satisfying ending here, and sure to be further prizes ahead for Talty.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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