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*Starred Review* In the Massachusetts town of Miracle lives Myx Amens, only 14 years old but a key player in the Miracle police force. Heck, Myx has already died twice, so what’s a little danger in the line of duty? His first death (by lightning) left him with a photographic memory. His second death (at the hands of a bully) left him unable to sleep and his senses discombobulated: he can smell sounds, feel tastes, and hear feelings. This unusal affliction is called synesthesia, and with a doctor’s help Myx has learned to live with it. When corpses start turning up with odd parts missing, the cops reluctantly call on bionic Myx to use his particular skills to help investigate the crimes (hearing feelings comes in pretty handing when you’re asking questions). Myx, whose sleepless nights allow him ample time for sleuthing, proves especially adept at drawing people out, especially the beautiful, grieving mother of one of the victims. What makes this debut novel exceptional is Diotalevi’s clever use of Myx’s sense-mingling; more than a mere plot device, the character’s synesthetic gift enables the author to wax poetic one minute (her hand smelled pink with carved curls of green) and comic the next (her breasts talked to me, but I’m keeping their conversation private). A wickedly funny, surprisingly moving genre-bending tale of small-town secrets, lies, and revenge. --Mary Frances Wilkens
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*Starred Review* In the Massachusetts town of Miracle lives Myx Amens, only 14 years old but a key player in the Miracle police force. Heck, Myx has already died twice, so what’s a little danger in the line of duty? His first death (by lightning) left him with a photographic memory. His second death (at the hands of a bully) left him unable to sleep and his senses discombobulated: he can smell sounds, feel tastes, and hear feelings. This unusal affliction is called synesthesia, and with a doctor’s help Myx has learned to live with it. When corpses start turning up with odd parts missing, the cops reluctantly call on bionic Myx to use his particular skills to help investigate the crimes (hearing feelings comes in pretty handing when you’re asking questions). Myx, whose sleepless nights allow him ample time for sleuthing, proves especially adept at drawing people out, especially the beautiful, grieving mother of one of the victims. What makes this debut novel exceptional is Diotalevi’s clever use of Myx’s sense-mingling; more than a mere plot device, the character’s synesthetic gift enables the author to wax poetic one minute (her hand smelled pink with carved curls of green) and comic the next (her breasts talked to me, but I’m keeping their conversation private). A wickedly funny, surprisingly moving genre-bending tale of small-town secrets, lies, and revenge. --Mary Frances Wilkens
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"What makes this debut novel exceptional is Diotalevi’s clever use of Myx’s sense-mingling; more than a mere plot device, the character’s synesthetic gift enables the author to wax poetic one minute ("her hand smelled pink with carved curls of green") and comic the next ("her breasts talked to me, but I’m keeping their conversation private). A wickedly funny, surprisingly moving genre-bending tale of small-town secrets, lies, and revenge." —Booklist, starred review
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How can Elbridge Sonnet, a man who disappeared 250 years ago, control the destinies of citzens in present-day Miracle, Massachusetts? He could have had a mystic vision; he could have believed in miracles; he could have encoded a secret that had the
Author: Dave Diotalevi; Number Of Pages: 288; Publisher: Kunati Inc.; ...
Created on Apr 28, 2008, last edited on Apr 28, 2008.
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