PYRES, by Derek Nikitas

(originally posted on August 16, 2007)

Already, Nikitas has a stylish, assured voice that depicts his characters in every harsh, flattering, beautiful light and shows how a single, seemingly random event has the effect of converging the lives of disparate and damaged people. Perhaps PYRES owes a little too much to Joyce Carol Oates, but I'm looking forward to seeing full-blown Nikitas in future novels.