Tuesday, April 1, 2025

A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens by Raul Palma

 

Yet another novel laden with blandness the author attempted to cover up with dazzling and daffy local color. Cluttered and crowded and massively disjunct, with the strong whiff of an inability to tell dreams from detritus. Dude, you should have let the short story be.

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