Jan 1, 2010
While several of Berger's novels have been considered genre parodies by critics, Suspects seems to be an almost straightforward police procedural in the tradition of Ed McBain, shifting back and forth between the police investigating a brutal murder and the aimless life of their prime suspect. The novel lacks the irony and humor of most of Berger's efforts while demonstrating his interest in storytelling as an end in itself. The seemingly effortless, realistic, often mundane dialogue recalls such crime writers as George V. Higgins.
Donna Howland and her three-year-old...
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