Black Dogs - Ian McEwan

Turning points are the inventions of storytellers and dramatists, a necessary mechanism when a life is reduced to, traduced by a plot, when a morality must be distilled from a sequence of actions, when an audience must be sent home with something unforgettable to mark a character's growth. Seeing the light, the moment of truth, the turning point--surely we borrow these from Hollywood or the Bible to make retroactive sense of an overcrowded memory. June's 'black dogs'.

This book is a pleasure to read- dense like fine dark chocolate; McEwan evokes so much with language. The book entices the reader into the inner realms of the characters, places, and events without complex plots and action. It all seems slow and simple in this short novel, but the complexity lies in the perceptions.

Evil is examined in this book. An interesting marital relationship is viewed through the inlaws of the main character. We see how time changes events and how events can change us forever. A great read for a comtemplative, rainy afternoon.