Any reader who enjoys journalism in-jokes, or with a yen to evoke the Frisco
Bay area counter-culture 60s, will enjoy Martinez' The Last City Room. Readers
of the writer's regular column will appreciate his more unrestrained pen here,
but will wish for broader abandon and a narrower lens. Does he or doesn't he
with the dwarf?
A stronger editor's hand would help keep Martinez from over-reliance on
colorful stereotypes, as well as from mawkishness when Martinez kills off his
characters, and the cheap ending with the mystery man.
Al. Martinez. The Last City Room. NY: St. Martin's Press, 2000.
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