October 2008, no. 305
Shutterspeed by A.J. Betts
by Maya Linden •
Shutterspeed by A.J. Betts
Fremantle Press, $17.95 pb, 154 pp
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‘There’s a fine line … between fear and desire’ muses Shutterspeed’s adolescent protagonist, Dustin. His may not be a novel revelation but A.J. Betts provides an intriguing study of obsession and its disastrous results through a narrative set on this tremulous boundary.
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