Great Review

 I received a very nice review on Amazon for The Outcast Missing Someone. It's from Andrew. I repost it here:

Format : Paperback

Remembering what Alphabet City and the East Village were like before gentrification, I appreciated the portrait Biesty paints of the changes and struggles of those neighborhoods and that era. We see the action through the eyes of main character Dan, who is in many ways going through a similar transformation as the neighborhood. Dan begins by describing his destitute circumstance without yet revealing the reason he finds himself there. The reader is only shown Dan as he sees himself--complete with the walls he has constructed to isolate himself. Dan often relies on prejudices and superficial stereotypes to justify his sense of superiority over those he feels are viewed as socially and economically above his current situation. It isn't until Dan's fortunes change--and not immediately after they do--that he turns inward for any kind of self examination. Instead of Dan having some great catharsis, however, Biesty shows restraint and leaves the reader only hoping Dan can overcome his failings. We do not see Dan reformed, only recognizing that he can be better than he's been. We see him still struggling with the obstacles life threw at him and still human. The strength of this book is its well crafted story and well developed characters.