In the Devil's Territory
by Kyle Minor
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Author: Kyle MinorEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-11-01
ISBN: 0979312361
Number of pages: 220
Publisher: Dzanc Books
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Book Review: In the Devil's Territory by Kyle Minor
Summary: 4 Stars
Throughout the book, IN THE DEVIL'S TERRITORY, Kyle Minor introduces complex characters. These characters, including a gay minister, and girl who escaped from East Berlin, are typically not what most writers would write about. In each of his six short stories in this book, Minor delves into characters which appear normal on the outside, but undergo turmoil on the inside because of their past experiences.
One of these six short stories is "A Love Story." This story is about a Baptist minister that knows he has feelings for the same sex. He first realizes this in Bible colleges and thinks he has a problem. Due to advice from a friend, he decided it was a fluke in his personality and marries a girl who is crazy about him. Years into their marriage, the pastor acts on his feelings about the same sex with his old college roommate. This is shown in a quote show his true feelings, "...what I was thinking was will I tell Marianne? (his wife) and what I found myself doing was letting him lean into me and kiss me." This is ironic because with this roommate; the minister first experienced feelings towards the same sex. People generally do not think of pastors as having these feelings, let alone act on the feelings.
Another one of the stories is "In the Devil's Territory." This story is about a girl who helps her family escape from East Berlin in the middle of the night. She loses her mom in the escape and the family moves to Florida. Else, the girl, becomes a strict teacher that does not put up with anything that is not normal. Else has trouble with one student in particular, who has a special relationship with the principle and sees him almost every day. Else has her qualms about teaching and she pays for it. This character goes against the stereotype that teachers are loving and want to their students to excel. It was clear that this job was something that Else had no patience for and did it to pay the bills. This is especially clear in this quote when Else is yelling at that student, "...You are a very stupid boy. You are a very week boy. And never will you be anything, Ronald Adams. Never, ever." Else's character is strong but severely cracked. As a girl she single handedly carried her family to safety, but as a grown up she is unwilling to let her guard down and accept people that threaten her.
Minor creates these characters because they are memorable. These characters stick in the minds of the reader long after one has finished the book. In all, this book was decent read. It was very good at understanding the psyche of people that have conflict in their lives. While the characters were personable and relatable, for me, the overall book did not strike me as a must read or something that I would like to read again.
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