Adventure and exploitation mixed to a romantic end
This is the second of Roberta Kagan's books I've read, and this novel
shows a writer growing in her development of narrative and characters.
Lilith Rising falls somewhere between romantic adventure and sixties
exploitation film in a charming way. I will head off coming criticism by
pointing out the following: Just as the real South in no way looks like
southern California, via Django Unchained, the positional anachronism
of Route 66 leading to San Francisco through Nevada works just fine in
Lilith Rising - you don't gotta be a star filmmaker to get away with the
device. And I'm saying this as someone who drove the dirt road from
Glennrio to San Jon in the rain, so my Route 66 credentials are intact.
LINK: Lilith Rising 1969 by Roberta Kagan
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