In 'The Apartment,' Greg Baxter uncovers a snowed-under soul
"The Apartment," Greg Baxter's absorbing, atmospheric and enigmatic first novel, unfolds in extended paragraphs without chapter breaks on a single snowy mid-December day in a fictional European city that evokes aspects of Vienna, Prague and Budapest. Its long, frigid journey into a long, sleepless night explores a man's uneasy relationship with his past, himself and a world in which violence is inescapable. The book's unnamed 41-year-old narrator is a retired U.S. Navy submariner who has served two tours providing intelligence in Iraq — the first as a reservist, the second as a private contractor identifying insurgents for the Iraqi police, which made him a fortune. Intent on leaving... WN.com - Articles related to Soccer star Robbie Rogers dating Hollywood producer Greg Berlanti
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