"A fun romp through the lives of the rich and famous"
The history of construction all points to one question,
according to the narrator of this ingenious novel, "...can
that home bring true happiness, and if so, how long will
it last before it needs to be renovated again in a
different color scheme?" Renovation, in other words, fills
an empty space and the renovator, by inference in the rest
of this humorous, potent tale, just might be contracting
to be the filler of a gaping hole or flaw in the "home"
under the transformational process. So begins Henry Sullivan's tale of his relationships with
many filthy rich Los Angeles women who all know each
other's dirty secrets but who have been providing Henry
and his crew work and intrigue by word of mouth for a very
long time. Meet Sally Stein with whom Henry has some great sex but
who is a bit jealous of what he's doing with the other
woman he's working for. Then there's Rebecca Paulson whose
husband hopes that this home renovation process might make
his wife happy, that is until Henry begins Derrick Paulson
is trying to frame him in order to divorce Rebecca. Not
that Derrick is exactly an angel since he's bedding half
of Los Angeles' females and is just a rather shady guy,
the pot calling the kettle black perhaps? Learning that there's an inexplicable relationship between
Rebecca and Sally in the past intrigues Henry. For some
reason it reminds him of his romance with Gina, which he
describes in a descending scale, from their intimate
infatuation to the malicious act she performs to get back
at him for what died quite quickly. He's rather stymied by
the latter as he supposed Derrick Paulson was behind this
particularly threatening act. Henry knows beyond a doubt that he should be running in
the opposite direction from any and all of these
possessive women, but the fact that he stays finally
allows him to know his presence has been a most redeeming
act in a surprising but oh so satisfying conclusion. Confessions of a Contractor is a fun romp through the
lives of the rich and famous, a sort of bachelor reality
show pushing the protagonist into an antagonistic state
and then traveling full circle to something richer and
finer in the end! Very clever and an unusual, rewarding
read! Reviewed by Viviane Crystal on September 3, 2008
Reviewed by Viviane Crystal
Courtesy Crystal Reviews
Posted September 9, 2008
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