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In His Strike Zone: A Tale of Tangier Ghosts

January 27, 2024 by Jan Herman

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At last a first-class appreciation of the recently published ULTRAZONE, which had me doing cartwheels when I first read the novel in proof copy. Naturally, I wondered how it would be received elsewhere. Now I know. Alan Moore’s review catches the book in his strike zone. Both informed and informative, it makes a witty match for a remarkable tale of Tangier ghosts. The review appears in the most recent issue of the British literary journal Beat Scene. Here tiz:

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  1. Richard says

    January 27, 2024 at 1:37 pm

    It is great fun and maybe even significant. I laid it down about 60 pages in prior to recent move and have yet to unpack, seemed to catch the spirit of the displaced in that space.

    • Jan Herman says

      January 27, 2024 at 1:46 pm

      ah Richard, always on target. enjoy the rest of it when you finish unpacking. I too have boxes to unpack, which I’ll probably never get around to unless somebody gooses me to do it.

      • Richard says

        January 30, 2024 at 8:08 pm

        Yeah, I had planned on being all unpacked by now but so many distractions and other avenues of endeavor … looks like next year now for the hundreds of boxes that wait for disgorgrment.

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