Next Of Kin

Dialogue was the best of any book I can remember. The story becomes involved to show the key human relationships framing life in a small southwestern town, relationships which are both random and conventional. Fully sufficient details of human character and habit illuminate the story, in clear contrasting colors, and not made out to be any more complicated than authentic life. Ultimately, this is a sensitive and credible account of a youth's emerging determination to establish values, after always knowing how to think for himself. I had already read Vandenberg several times in the past years, but have now ordered out-of-print copies of everything Lange has written and will cover them all with real anticipation.

An amazing story, sensitive and probably before its time. Surprising lack of violence and sensitivity unseen in today's craft. Was nominated for pulitzer and internationally printed. You won't regret reading this book and all his others.