ISBN: 033030660x

Picked up at the Sutherland lifeline bookfair July 2006

I have a couple of copies of this. I must read it one day as it was such a bestseller. I'm also intrigued how its title correlates - a religious bookburning!

Wow what a book! It's long but it really rockets along.

Greed and power are fabulous motivators aren't they.

I loved the writing style that so graphically brought to life the brutal jungle of urban new york with such a susinctly compelling manner.

Each character was so horribly flawed but you wanted to know what was going to happen to them. That's tricky for an author to pull off.

The only thing I would recommend is not to read the prologue before you begin the book proper. It's a completely different style and very likely will put you off. I went back and read it in between chapters 3 and 4 - it's good background information to proceed past this point.

I did like the way the epilogue explained the redistribution of wealth as a result of the whole sorry/sad affair.

RELEASE NOTES:

This book is no longer in the OBCZ basket so it must be out exploring its karma somewhere.