SAINT JACK (Paul Theroux) - December 13/20

 Man, it took me a while to finish this one. I think Theroux is a very good writer but his style often gets in the way of his ability to tell an interesting story. I liked chunks of this book - the locale is very vivid and so is the main character - but Theroux's descriptive, trying-too-hard prose turned me off at far too many times to count. ** out of ****