Date of Review:

07/13/2008

Published Work:

Alive in Necropolis

Reviewer:

Kevin Walker

Source:

Tampa Tribune

Review Excerpt:

"In his first novel, Doug Dorst provides an excellent example of how a new group of writers with literary aspirations are adept at mixing high and low culture into novels that are as entertaining as they are insightful. Dorst takes a story about a prototypical slacker and turns it into something fairly profound, an investigation of relationships between lovers, friends and, always lurking in the background, fathers and sons. It's also a memorable look at the corroding effects of obsession. All that, plus a ripping ghost story....

Dorst not only manages to weave these seemingly disparate threads into a satisfying whole, he also explores complexity of relationships in a way that your average ghost story thriller is not even going to touch."

Link to Full Review:

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jul/13/tr-debut-novel-more-than-ghost-story/