Hunter's prose is remarkably fluid and the novel, like all his others, is characterized by its smooth style. As one critic has pointed out, Hunter has a real eye, as well as ear, for dialogue.
That is, dialogue which scans well on the page. The novel, too, is realistically poetic. Hunter's descriptions of the city, of its atmosphere, and of the weather are evocative. His ability to call up the urban environment, which he would perfect in his later crime novels,.....
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