Inside by Kenneth J. Harvey

This was my first time reading this author from Newfoundland. The word that I associate with this read is definitely gripping. This is not a pleasant story. There are many insides here. The reader goes inside the character's mind. The character has just emerged from inside prison. He exists inside a particular environment and one gets the sense that there is no easy way out. We as readers enter inside the character's viewpoint - perspective - his life. What becomes gripping is, in a way, trying to get out. And so one reads inexorably on .... until we can finish the book. That seems to be the only way out.

I found this novel, as an experience, to be incredibly intriguing. I have read thousands of books and cannot think of another instance where I had quite this experience. Enjoyable? Not sure. An incredible read? Yes, very much so. A terrific write? For sure.