Book Review: Next Life Might by Kinder by Howard Norman

Next Life Might by Kinder by Howard Norman
It's been over a year since Sam Lattimore's beloved wife, Elizabeth, was murdered by a bellman that worked at the hotel in Halifax where they lived. Delirious and broke, Sam sold the rights to his and Elizabeth's story to a filmmaker who is notorious for how he portrays violence in his movies. He now, of course, regrets his actions, especially as it hasn't brought the closure that he was looking for. To make matters even more complicated, Sam begins to have visions of Elizabeth on a beach, and claims that he even has nightly conversations with his late wife.

Next Life Might be Kinder received a starred review from Booklist: "the inspiration for this dark, sexy, allusive, and diabolical tale is found in Norman's memoir, I Hate to Leave this Beautiful Place (2013), further complicating the novel's eerie investigation into the yin and yang of verisimilitude and aberration." 

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