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Dexter explores racism with a cold eye in Train--rarely politically correct and always unafraid to find pettiness in the lives of liberal whites, beatniks, philanthropists, and powerful African-Americans. Outside of the purity of Train's golf swing, Dexter finds little to celebrate in the troubled times, and every page offers the possibility of new catastrophe. Occasionally, with this abundance of disaster, Dexter seems to lose track, and a few of his subplots (like the story of a hideously burned reporter who tries to uncover the truth behind the killings on a sailboat) never quite get resolved. Yet, Train is not a bleak novel, and Packard's detachment lends the book an air of dark comedy. When Dexter writes, "Packard was amused with the world at large" he could just as well be writing about himself: curious, entertained, fascinated, but never unsettled by the grotesquery of human existence. --Patrick O'Kellley
Praise for Pete Dexter
“What deepens and darkens [Dexter’s] writing, so that art is the precise word to describe it, is a powerful understanding that character rules, that we live with our weaknesses and die of our strengths.” -John Skow, Time
“One of the greatest American writers... a storyteller who cuts straight to the nerve.” -Scott L. Turow
“Dexter is a writer who cuts to the bone.” -People
“Dexter is a master of colloquial poetry, of moods revealed through gestures and settings.” -Playboy
“Dexter’s strongest suit is his exquisite understanding of the finely meshed engines of greed, appetite, and interest....” -New York Times Book Review
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