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WALKING THE PERFECT SQUARE is a wonderfully atmospheric tale set in New York City and moving between the 1970s and the 1990s. In the 1970s Moe Prager has been forced out of the police force through injury. He's hired by powerful political figure Francis Maloney to find his son Patrick - a clean cut college student, the perfect son. His parents and friends have put up flyers all over New York and his good-looking face smiles out from thousands of lampposts over the city asking passers-by 'Have You Seen This Man?' But as Moe investigates, another Patrick gradually emerges. Has everyone been searching for the wrong Patrick, in the wrong places? The plot is compelling and well paced and there is much more to it - and Patrick Maloney - than initially meets the eye. This is an intriguing look at identity - how we view others, and how people show different sides of themselves to different people. The characters are all well drawn and I wound up wanting to know more about even the most minor characters. None are stereotypes; all have a story to tell. The New York of the late 1970s is excellently described - edgy and volatile, scary and seductive. Moe's search takes him into the vibrant but seamy punk scene and underground clubs of a gritty and exciting New York.
Reviewed by Donna Moore, May 2003
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