DMV

De: Bentley Little

Narrado por: Andrew Gibson

Successful author Todd Klein and his wife Rosita live a quiet small town life. Todd's latest novel is selling well and despite recent budget cuts, Rosita relishes her job at the local library. After years of marriage, they're still in love, the mortgage to their suburban home is paid off, and their future is bright. Until, that is, Todd makes an appointment at the Department of Motor Vehicles to renew his license.

Jorge Guiterrez, Rosita's younger brother, hasn't been so lucky. A few months earlier, his bad temper finally caught up with him. After arguing with a supervisor, Jorge quit his cushy job and hasn't been able to find a new one. The bills are piling up and his wife is starting to pressure him. Until, one day, he is approached by a pair of mysterious strangers with an even more mysterious job offer...at the DMV.

Zal Tombasian, a young programmer at Data Initiatives, has a pretty boring existence. As his friend and co-worker Bernard tells him, "Your social life consists of sitting at home eating junk food and playing online games." Zal doesn't even bother to put up an argument. He's never been much for adventure. Until his company is hired to work on their largest account yet...by the DMV.

With his latest novel, Bentley Little's savage satire is on full display as he takes on everyone's worst nightmare, the DMV.

Stephen King says: "When it comes to horror, nobody does what Bentley Little does.... Scary, funny, weird, satiric, surreal."

"Longtime master of horror fiction Little is back. Readers will think twice about renewing their licenses after reading DMV. Fans of Little’s work will enjoy his latest offering." (Booklist)

"This is Bentley Little at his mind-blowing best." (Well Worth A Read)

©2023 Bentley Little (P)2023 Journalstone

Just Okay

Probably my least favorite of BL’s books. I tried but I had just a hard time getting invested in the story line and characters. Had a hard time for first few chapters understanding which character was which. Time I got to the end, I really didn’t care much what happened, I was just ready to be done with it.
I usually really enjoy his books but this one missed the mark for me.

Slow start

I had the impression that the idea for this book was conceived from the author's experience with the actual DMV and just snowballed into a novel. It was very satyrical, but interesting and did have typical horror elements such as uncomfortable nudity, deformation, disfigurement, and a little sprinkling of gore.

Very Bentley Little

When I'm unsure what to listen to I chose a Bentley Little book. I like knowing there's a consistency in his writing. This title is a lot like his book, The University. There are some that stray from his typical design, like Gloria, but this is not an exception. I enjoyed this book, it was an interesting concept of government and power as well.

More good work

Little sticks to his familiar storylines and what he does best. Only criticism is it could use some editing in the narration - one example is Jorge is pronounced Jorge sometimes and sometimes
George. Ha.

I liked this one more than usual.

It's a fast listen, although his endings can be a bit anticlimactic. Just like King, you stick around for the bizarre imagery descriptions. I thought the last half-hour wasn't as good as the rest.