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3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Part film noir, part memoir, all Williams Oct 23, 2005
By M. Freidson
Part film noir, part memoir, Saul Joseph Williams' debut reads like a classic Raymond Chandler novel, except in this case, it's our main character who's dead - at least inside. The suspect: Divorce.
"In the Busy of Life" follows Charlie Mann, a Boston reporter so depressed, he hangs out with old people, generally avoiding life. We watch him drink. We watch him gamble. We watch him drink some more. Ultimately, someone dies. But "Life," despite the dysphoria, is ultimately about Charlie's rebirth.
If you think 150 pages of someone recovering from a divorce sounds scary, it is -- Williams' world is hermetic and cold, making "Life" a perfect beach read, if the beach is bleak-gray and overrun by the unsmiling specter of death.
But it works thanks to a rat-a-tat rhythm, hard-boiled dialogue and well-drawn characters, especially Smith, the scariest best friend ever. He's a man you'd want a drink with, as long as your wife wasn't around. In a Chandler story, he'd be the ultimate villain. Here, he's practically a God. So it goes in the busy of life.
5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 Be careful of your Authors Aug 26, 2008
By J. Karon
I have not purchased this book, and this is not a review of its content.
Amazon seems to have a problem differentiating between Saul Joseph Williams, the author of this book, and Saul Stacy Williams, the poet and musician. They're very much not the same person.
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