The Meaning of the Night, Michael Cox

 

The Meaning of the Night:  A Confession by Michael Cox is a book I saw in a library with my cousin, Amee.

Started: 4/25/2021
Completed: 7/5/2021
Recommendation: Mild Recommendation
Recommended By:  Nobody

Words for which I Sought Help:

Stygian -- relating to the Styx River; very dark

Review:

The style of this book is intentionally heavy handed.  It feels rococo and is read with a flourish.  The plot and minor sub-plots are fairly simple, but the process by which they are told is so elliptical that this long book held my interest.  The character development is good and it is possible to feel the main character's drift into madness.   This is a long read without much happening--there is also a lot of meaningless dialog.  Michael Cox only wrote one book and he spent a long time thinking about it.  There is no question that this book has the feel of a Victorian novel.