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A Song Without a Melody: A novel of the '90s by Ace Boggess by Ace Boggess

snowmaiden's review

5.0

The cover of this book proclaims it to be "a novel of the '90s," but don't expect to find O.J. Simpson, Beavis and Butthead, Hootie and the Blowfish, or even flannel shirts here. More than a simple period piece that tells you what you already think you know, this is a novel of the real '90s as they were lived by real people. True, the book is full of sex and drugs and rock 'n roll, but all that stuff is on the surface. There are a lot of real emotions underneath, and that emotional through line is what kept me riveted right up until the end. Then again, this book was especially easy to keep reading because the prose is clear as a bell. Boggess is a journalist, which means he can describe things clearly and accurately without getting bogged down, but he's also a poet, so there are some wonderful lyrical passages sprinkled throughout. I don't know what else to say except that it was a joy to read, and I wished that there was more, always the sign of a good book.