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(More customer reviews)"Wall Street" meets "The Office," says the book jacket of Cortright McMeel's novel. I'm not sure about that. Though I know where the publicists are coming from, for me it's more "Wall Street" meets "The Sopranos" (or "Dexter"). By that I'm referring to the novel's ferocious bite, its view of the world tinted by dark humor.
In his debut novel, McMeel features a group of Boston-based energy traders, a stunning cast of larger than life individuals bound with impulses they can't control. All seem to have a knack for putting themselves in thorny situations.
McMeel's writing style is crisp and clean, the short paragraphs and compact scenes bursting with energy (no pun intended). The fluid prose, as well as the sharp, dead-on dialogue, makes for an extremely pleasant reading experience. Some of the scenes are wildly entertaining, while others are disturbing, filled with moments of genuine drama. It's a particularly harrowing universe that's been created, but McMeel's sharp tongue-in-cheek humor (hence "The Office") and eye for people's quirks and foibles counterbalance the darkness.
At times absurd and always trenchant, "Short" is a powerful, multi-layered novel that's going to take you for one hell of a ride.
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