David Lozell Martin
Author of Lie to Me
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- Legal name
- Martin, David Lozell
- Birthdate
- 1946-03-13
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Granite City, Illinois, USA
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Pelikan : love, redemption & felony theft : a novel… by David Lozell Martin
An entertaining book, though the story isn’t much, the writing is enjoyable.
Not a romance novel. There were times when I wanted to know more of what the characters were thinking and more romance. The writing style was abrupt at times and I was thinking, "Ok, what just happened?", but then it would be explained somewhat down the line. The middle dragged a bit, and it was headed for a three star rating, but the book redeemed itself. Still, I was left wanting more detail. All in all, a very good (get it from your local library) read. (must like animals!)
I read this book many years ago, and came upon a used copy in my local thrift store. Wasn't as good as I remembered. The main character is really kind of a shit, and treats his love interest badly.
I bought this book because I wondered what the heck happened to David Martin. In the 90s I bought and read several of his books – all thrillers as he categorizes them. Gruesome. Dark. Evil. Unspeakable. But they fed something in me that needed that at the time. When he dropped out of sight, I wondered what happened and now I know. I almost wish I didn’t.
It’s not his tale itself that puts me off, but how it was told. He interjects from time to time that he didn’t write the memoir to go on the shelf next to those other harrowing, daytime movie of the week books, but other than to get it off his chest, I don’t know why he did write it. He admits and I agree that others have gone through far worse, but sometimes his self-pitying tone is a bit much. The opposite swing from that is the self-congratulatory tone; especially when documenting (for our edification) his many conquests of the female persuasion. And his boozing. And I can’t help but visualize his many descriptions of the second worst night of his life with a patina of cartoon violence. He says he just crawled on the floor, swinging his head back and forth and mumbling. That and the gun in the mouth were the extremes of what he calls his madness. His insanity. The night in Tennessee insane.
He also did not name either of his ‘esteemed’ wives, each with 18 years of suffrage with him. Whether this was by request of both women or fear of law suits, I don’t know, but it seemed odd. Latter-day coworkers get named, wives don’t, they go by title and number only. His first wife gets barely a chapter devoted to her, but the second gets considerably more. Neither is characterized fully or well, but if he was as erratic and irresponsible as he says he was, they both have my sympathy.
Ultimately I suppose, the book’s message is that even when life sucks the most, when you can’t escape your tortured childhood, when you follow bad decision with bad decision, there is still something in your life that makes it worth living. You just have to stop chasing what you’ve lost and pay attention to what you still have.… (more)
It’s not his tale itself that puts me off, but how it was told. He interjects from time to time that he didn’t write the memoir to go on the shelf next to those other harrowing, daytime movie of the week books, but other than to get it off his chest, I don’t know why he did write it. He admits and I agree that others have gone through far worse, but sometimes his self-pitying tone is a bit much. The opposite swing from that is the self-congratulatory tone; especially when documenting (for our edification) his many conquests of the female persuasion. And his boozing. And I can’t help but visualize his many descriptions of the second worst night of his life with a patina of cartoon violence. He says he just crawled on the floor, swinging his head back and forth and mumbling. That and the gun in the mouth were the extremes of what he calls his madness. His insanity. The night in Tennessee insane.
He also did not name either of his ‘esteemed’ wives, each with 18 years of suffrage with him. Whether this was by request of both women or fear of law suits, I don’t know, but it seemed odd. Latter-day coworkers get named, wives don’t, they go by title and number only. His first wife gets barely a chapter devoted to her, but the second gets considerably more. Neither is characterized fully or well, but if he was as erratic and irresponsible as he says he was, they both have my sympathy.
Ultimately I suppose, the book’s message is that even when life sucks the most, when you can’t escape your tortured childhood, when you follow bad decision with bad decision, there is still something in your life that makes it worth living. You just have to stop chasing what you’ve lost and pay attention to what you still have.… (more)
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