Review of 'Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere' on 'LibraryThing'
A walk on the mean streets of Toronto, seen from the perspective of cops and criminals (though at times it's hard to tell the difference). A couple of homicide detectives try to figure out whether the man who took a dive off the roof of a highrise was suicidal or was pushed - and then wonder why cops in the narcotics squad are so eager to have them call it a suicide and close the case. A resident of the highrise is waiting for the end of her house arrest and is trying to figure out whether to throw in her lot with the man who wants to move massive amounts of dope and doesn't seem to know what he's getting into. Both cops and criminals are on edge, sensing there's a big shakeup in organized crime about to happen. McFetridge has the deadpan and often funny dialogue sense of …
A walk on the mean streets of Toronto, seen from the perspective of cops and criminals (though at times it's hard to tell the difference). A couple of homicide detectives try to figure out whether the man who took a dive off the roof of a highrise was suicidal or was pushed - and then wonder why cops in the narcotics squad are so eager to have them call it a suicide and close the case. A resident of the highrise is waiting for the end of her house arrest and is trying to figure out whether to throw in her lot with the man who wants to move massive amounts of dope and doesn't seem to know what he's getting into. Both cops and criminals are on edge, sensing there's a big shakeup in organized crime about to happen. McFetridge has the deadpan and often funny dialogue sense of mid-career Elmore Leonard, and the twists he ties things off with at the end are both cynical and satisfying. At least we can rest assured that McFetridge isn't going to run out of material anytime soon. My review can be found at RTE.