Book Review

Perfect Circle

Perfect Circle by Sean Stewart, published by Small Beer Press

Reviewed by Mike Shea

July 2004

Buy it at BookPeople

Seeing ghosts turns out to be the least of Will "Dead" Kennedy's problems in SEAN STEWART's magical PERFECT CIRCLE (Small Beer Press). The psycho-thriller's 32-year-old alt-punk protagonist loses his crummy pet-store job, gets shot in the chest, ticks off his ex-wife and adoring daughter, and—the ultimate indignity—has to navigate Houston's steamy sprawl by bus. Things start looking up when the owners of a spirit-infested house offer him money to intercede with their spooks—until Will finds he's haunted by demons scarier than any garden-variety poltergeist. Stewart's quicksilver wit makes Perfect Circle perfectly hilarious. And, a supremely skilled storyteller, he saves the best for last.

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