Electric is a contemporary noir novel set in an exciting Auckland, brought to the boil by a heady mix of lust, drugs and power cuts. Chad Taylor has a good way with words. You can see his crime background in the details and his fascination with noir style dialogue. While at times working his characters at times become too obscure for their own and the stories good. This may have been intended to convey the drug addled nature of the main character, but it becomes misleading and confusing,especially when you have to reread paragraphs to work out where they fit in the story.
Having said that it’s still a quick easy read that keeps the pace speeding along like it’s blasting off to Murawai with a tinnie in its hand.
February 28th, 2003 at 9:26 pm
he is the man with the portaloo
January 20th, 2004 at 7:26 am
Good site.