THE GOOD FATHER (Noah Hawley) - April 19/12

This incredibly boring book admittedly has a good premise, a man attempts to determine if his son killed a presidential candidate, but Hawley overwrites it to the point where it's mostly just a chore to get through. The narrative has been bogged down with needless paragraphs and interludes, and Hawley's constant use of short sentences eventually grows infuriating. It just feels like he's trying really, really hard to write well, but there's never a point at which it feels natural. The story picks up somewhat in the last 20 or 30 pages, but it's far too late by then. ** out of ****