Reviews for Callie's castle

The average rating for Callie's castle based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-03-24 00:00:00 Lavec Zdenko I have read this book three times; the last when I was living near Bolinas. So I enjoyed the references to that area. Jones' satirical, dark comedy is an appropriate antidote for wistful memories of days gone by.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-07-14 00:00:00 Michael Antoine When an author can find power and drama in the comparatively ordinary events, the cataclysmic can go hang. California's Over accomplishes this feat, juxtaposing the narrator's past and present without employing an obvious crescendo in the Nevada desert as what a creative writing professor would call the "climax." We know what shocking and sad events occur before we read the details, but knowing who lives and dies or works in a brothel before it happens can't spoil the pleasure of the tale. Credit to Louis B. Jones for making it hold together, and reveal something without resorting to stock characterizations stretched as easily as the Miso soup. Watch for the "church minutes." In a way, it and other embedded writing fragments work against the rest of the book, but they amuse all the same.