This chilly, cynical novella is thin in more ways than one
Heather, the Totalityis cold.
It intends to grab you, hold you, and never let you go but it never really does.
Heather, the Totalityis centered on Mark and Karen Breakstone.
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That these stories are paralleled throughout is an almost jarringly cynical choice.
(Faulkner this is not.)
Its telling that Weiner devotes more psychological space to the men of the story.
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Its rarely merited and the paranoid atmosphere suffers.
This is especially true of the climax, which never wavers from telegraphing its nihilistic endpoint.
To his credit, Weiner isnt interested in a linear reading experience.
