IF The Book of Paul
were a music album, a critic might say it had cross-over appeal.
It has a feel of a genre novel but it is hard to classify because
of its elements of sci-fi, dystopia, psychological drama and comedy.
I believe its publicity machine is running with supernatural thriller and that
is a good as label as any.
I read not much genre fiction apart from Chandleresque
private-detective yarns. While I say ’’not much’ , none at all is closer to the
mark.
New York author Richard Long was able to hook me and keep me
on the line until the end. That is a good effort as, before reading The Book of Paul, I thought tarot was an
Asian root vegetable.
