Mark Lindquest minds his nirvana

Some more books for you, things I've read this past month that I picked up at the library.  "The King of Methlehem" (2007) and "Nevermind Nirvana" (2000) by Mark Lindquist, a relatively handsome guy from the Seatle area. 

NN is about a lawyer who was once a lead singer of a band that made one album.  He is about 35 and is stuck between adolesence and adulthood and must confront his musical past by prosecuting a member of his past for date rape. 

KOM is about meth maker/dealer and a cop trying to bust him, again the lead charecters confronts issues that involve growing into adulthood.  The dealer and the cop share similiar attributes and it's interesting because meth is such a dirty drug---here you get to see how and why it's smoked.

Mark's books are generational.  They are about a people with specific values, not about the human condition or emotions that are translatable from person to person.  There is disillusionment that is often the trademark of my generation.  The books take place in and around Seatle, WA and include many references to grunge related pop.  The charecters are sharp and developed and Mark keeps his stories moving.  He doesn't mince words and there are not flowing passages of prose.  These are novels that are somewhat brutal and abrupt in their language in order to maintain their sceptical and gray imagery.  The charecters have flaws, make mistakes, and try to find a bit of happiness in a world they aren't sure they want to join---not because adulthood sucks but because they haven't seen it done well enough to engender a desire to join.