Description
Finally, a book series for all of the weirdos of the
world!
THE
INTROVERT CONFOUNDS INNOCENCE continues the story of the eponymous anti-hero introduced in THE
INTROVERT.
With his life disrupted by an unscrupulous work colleague
and a bully at his son Toby's school, things go from bad to worse when his
neighbor's abusive boyfriend goes missing, plunging the introvert into the
center of a murder investigation.
Increasingly hounded by a meddlesome detective, and with
his thoughts continually urging him to make people "red and open" and
to "achieve it" with his girlfriend Donna, what follows is a
sometimes brutal, oftentimes hilarious, and absurdist account of the life of
one very anti-social and unexpected anti-hero
I'm delighted to be on the blog tour for this book today.
Review
This is a standalone book, but I think you'd enjoy it more if you read the first book, The Introvert. Because once you finish this one you are going to want even more.
In this book we meet again the vacuum salesman, who is now living with his girlfriend Donna and they have a son. Thinking the inclusion of the son would make this a very different book I was proved wrong as our anti-hero yet again delivers very dark humour and is still wanting to see people as "red and open".
This time he gets a new colleague at work - Gordon. Well, I just loved Gordon so much, he's the perfect foil to the introvert (whose name we never get to know!). The introvert himself reminds me a lot of the character Don in the "Rosie Project". He says it how it is and then when he sees others reactions he starts to replay what he's said and he still doesn't get it. The interactions with Gordon are just comedic genius.
A quirky read I don't think you will have read anything quite like this before. The dialogue reads like it's an Ellery Queen or written by Laurence Block, you are instantly transported to another time and place. In fact apart from the mention of a PC and spreadsheet this could be set at any time.
I'm giving this book 5 out of 5 stars. My thanks to Random Things Tours for supplying me with the ARC to review and for inviting me to be part of the blog tour.
About Michael Paul Michaud:
Michaud is an American-Canadian citizen, an Assistant
Crown Attorney in the Greater Toronto Area, and author of BILLY TABBS (&
THE GLORIOUS DARROW) (bitingduckpress) and THE INTROVERT series (Black Opal
Books). He holds a B.A. in English from McMaster University, an Honors B.A. in
Political Science (summa cum laude)
from McMaster University, a J.D. from The University of Western Ontario (with
an international exchange completed at Washington & Lee), and is a member
of Crime Writers of Canada and International Thriller Writers. Michaud has won
awards for both his work as a criminal prosecutor and for his work with the
community. He has also made regular appearances on SiriusXM’s Canada Talks.
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Huge thanks for the blog tour support x
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