Dan Rhodes

Through his books Dan Rhodes comes across as a man of many sensibilities. 'Anthropology & A Hundred Other Stories' is one such book. I had never read stories as short as those & I'ld call them microstories. TRhodes' narrations progress through very small incidents. What strikes the reader the most, is Rhodes' special magnifying glass that's very selective in enlarging objects. It's a marvelous effort of mixing facts & fantasy that rises to a high degree of abstraction and yet has a firm realistic basis. Rhodes has a great command over his characters and also lets them fly free if required. Rhodes' displays a trmeendous command over the working of the male & female brains. His women - plain, sexy, pretty, commonplace, creative, intelligent and dumb - are so closely attached with each other that they gave me the impression of a single lover he once had. His own amazement at the inexplicable things all those women do is something I could 100% relate with.

For a Rhodes reader - DO their names hint at their characters? I got that feeling but could not solve the mystery.