James Meek - WE ARE NOW BEGINNING OUR DESCENT

REVIEW BY MAGGIE PERKOVIC 25TH MAY 09.
LIKE THE WORLD ABOUT HIM AT THE DAWN OF THE 21ST CENTURY, ADAM KELLAS LIFE IS FALLING APART.
AGAINST HIS BETTER JUDGEMENT, KELLAS - DIVORCED, UNSTABLE, SPURNED BY HIS LOVER AND BY THE WORLD OF LETTERS - ACCEPTS A WAR ASSIGNMENT FROM HIS NEWSPAPER. THE JOURNEY TAKES HIM FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF AFGHANISTAN TO NORTH LONDON TO THE AMERICAN SOUTH AND ULTIMATELY TO THE DARKEST REALMS OF THE HUMAN IMAGINATION.
ONLY THE MEMORY OF THE BEAUTIFUL, ELUSIVE ASTRID, A FELLOW REPORTER IN AFGHANISTAN 9OFFERS HIM THE POSSIBILITY OF HOPE. THIS IS THE BLURB ON THE BOOKS COVER AND TO BE HONEST IT SUMS UP THE OVER EMPHASISED EMOTIONS AND DRAMATIC REACTIONS FROM OUR HERO??
LIKE......AN EMOTION DRAGGED AT KELLA'S INSIDES.
THE HORMONES SHOT FIRST AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS LATER.
THEY FIZZED AND NOTIFIED THE BRAIN TO STEP ASIDE WHILE THEY WENT ABOUT THEIR WORK
AND
ALL THIS TIME HE WATCHED HER, HER EYES ON HIM AND SAW THE FRECKLES ON THE BRIDGE OF HER NOSE AND A SINGLE STRAND OF ONE EYEBROW MAKING WHAT LITTLE GOLD WAS TO BE GLEANED IN THE DIMNESS!!!!!
AND HOW ABOUT;
EACH TIME SHE BLINKED OR MOVED HER HAD OR REACHED FOR ANOTHER PIECE OF FOOD, HIS BODY QUIVERED LIKE A BELL!
SORRY NOT FOR ME