The Deposition

Of all my books, The Deposition receives the most interesting responses. People either like it or they don’t. Few readers have an indifferent opinion. When I began writing fiction I made a conscious effort to push the stories toward greater obscurity. Judging from the responses, I’d say this book achieves that goal.

The Deposition is told from multiple points of view that switch with each chapter but events continue to happen to the characters between the chapters. So, for instance, you read about Tatiana in one chapter, then don’t see her again until four chapters later. By then she’s moved on from where you saw her last and something has happened to her in between, perhaps something significant. You didn’t see what happened but you learn about it from the dialogue in that later chapter. All of the main characters in the book except Father Scott are treated that way.

Some of the characters, John Somerset for instance, have experiences that are important to the storyline but are never mentioned or explained in the book and only evident through nuance. Other characters enter the story without introduction or explanation, then just as abruptly disappear. The chapters with Father Scott are a string – perhaps a thread – that holds the story together, sometimes just barely. The chapters covering his deposition are plodding, tedious and slow because that’s the nature of a deposition.

The Deposition turned out to be very subtle and quirky but I hope it’s not the last of the series. I have ideas for two more stories I would like to tell through Mike Connolly.

Thanks for your interest in my work.