The Big Machine
by Victor LaValle
Spiegel & Grau
Reviewed by D. Scot Miller

Victor LaValle’s Big Machine, opens with a look at Ricky Rice, a middle-aged porter in a bus depot in Utica, New York. It’s 2005, and the world is about to go broke. Ricky is a downtrodden sanitation worker with a shady past. He’s never seen better days, and none seem to be forthcoming. Continue reading →