Icebox by Mark Bastable

[papayahed]

I see your meetings are more productive than mine, which only help me develop my 3D-shape repertoire.

I know right? I'm really good at cubes and balloons.

In order to make that an unstraightforward choice, it's important that even a jerk like Casey in is portrayed as in some way likeable, or at least understandable.

I am not persuaded that someone like him would risk a break-in. Nor am I persuaded with his reasoning for the break-ins. I would have thought he would hire someone or something if he were really desparate.

At first Casey didn't ring true to me, a harvard grad, high powered business man yet he was soo mealy...on the other hand he always was the outsider and I'm supposing if one is desperate to get inside they will do anything.

And I was rooting for Unity, who sounds more "real" to me... More complete as a character.

None seemed all that "real" to me. I enjoyed the book but this is one of those books that one needs to suspend belief and just go with the story.

[Paulclem]

Good read Mark. I was distracted for a while on other things, but once I'd started it was a page turner. I likd the tension buildup at the end, and the very English humour was great. I thought the scene in the two restaurants with the dialogue flicking between the characters was very funny.

I don't know about the others, but with your photo in the book, I couldn't help picturing Don as you.