At the B&N Reads blog Jeff Somers tagged ten amazing novels that begin “Dear Diary," including:Random Acts of Senseless Violence, by Jack WomackRead about the other entries on the list.
Womack’s 1993 novel should have made a big splash, considering his award-winning work up to that point, but it was largely ignored (some blame the garish cover). The diary of 12-year old Lola, who goes from a sheltered girl attending a tony private school in Manhattan to a streetwise gangster as a near-future American society falls apart around her spins a frighteningly plausible story of decline—one that resonates even more sharply today.
--Marshal Zeringue
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