The Sphinx

Deciding to catch up on a writers back catalogue can sometimes be a mistake, especially when going back over 30 years. I have enjoyed more modern Masterton but cannot say I enjoyed this. The writing style is so naive & simplistic & the plot is almost comedic. This book is of its' time, as is the protagonist Gene, with his 70's opinion of women, who deserved to be mauld but not in the sexual way he would have liked. I feel that the one star is required for Mastersons well imagined mythology.