Wait a minute.
Kieran Doherty "died at the age of 64..." I'm a bit baffled. Who actually published this excerpt?
But, the first pages. A) You can tell within the first paragraph that the man, living or dead, had a solid background in journalism. A clarity exists in the writing, and B) the narrative is gripping, inviting the reader to read the entire, probably depressing, "memoir". If the purpose of a first chapter, or first... mehr anzeigen
Wait a minute.
Kieran Doherty "died at the age of 64..." I'm a bit baffled. Who actually published this excerpt?
But, the first pages. A) You can tell within the first paragraph that the man, living or dead, had a solid background in journalism. A clarity exists in the writing, and B) the narrative is gripping, inviting the reader to read the entire, probably depressing, "memoir". If the purpose of a first chapter, or first pages, is to hook the reader, then Doherty has succeeded admirably.
I am on that bus, in dread. I am standing in that freezing quad, naked and fearful. What's to become of me? So, in transporting a reader from his/her easy chair into a frightening reality, an author succeeds.
Doherty has done just that.
