The Session: A Novella in Dialogue Book

Described on the title page as a "novella in dialogue," The Session is a book about thinking in the tradition of Calvino and Borges. With subtle humor and whimsical characters, Petovich muses on the nature of existence and essenses and "making God of an inkling." The two main characters, Detectives Smith and Smith, spend most of their time philosophizing, progressing more on the signification of a grisly murder that on the actual facts of the case. They are searching for the "truth" of the case. Along the way they engage in over-the-top wordplay and semantic argumentation. I don't know if the truth is ever discovered, or if it's merely pointed out that the quest for truth is a futile, madenning experience.

This is the most fun I've had reading in a while, and I hope we'll see more in print from Petrovich in the future. He's a deep thinker capable of rendering his deep thoughts in perfect prose. With a few more publications, I'd expect to see his name at the top of many lists in the writing community.