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HOLLY HUNT
... clever and cutting-edge in tone, and the characters kept me hungry for their lives. ... Clayton's novels are quirky and sharp, and the line of action within in them is ready for the Shooting Script.
D. CLOYCE SMITH
(Brooklyn, NY, amazon.com top 500 reviewer)
There's far more to this book than high school memories and political arguments, and ultimately Alex and Jim--along with
their unlikely (but wholly believable) adventures and romance--make up the core that holds this book together.

JACK BUTLER
This is a more complex and more satisfying account of humans involved in a murder mystery than you may be accustomed to. ... These are real people with real lives, not the cardboard cliches of most mystery fiction.

VAN B. COOK
I think I was a member of that class...how else would I know the characters so well? That's how it is with Clayton's books. He develops the characters so well that you feel you know them. I have read, and enjoyed, all his books but this one strikes a chord that feels almost personal....I'm betting you'll feel the same after you've read it.
Anthony J. Adam
"An enjoyable read overall and probably fairly educational for those unfamiliar with transvestism, transexual identity, and the world of the cross-dressser."

AMOS LASSEN(amazon.com top reviewer)(amazon.com top reviewer)
Note: This review is no longer on amazon. This is the complete review..

Alec Clayton who wrote the very funny "The Backside of Nowhere" is back with a new book, "Reunion at the Westside", a murder mystery and a love story. It all begins at Barney's Pub in Washington State when Alex Martin reunites with Jim Bright. Jim is a right-wing Republican while Alex is a left wing Democrat and they had been friends some fifty years earlier. One would think that these two would have no future together but despite their political affiliations, they fall in love. Just about the same time a string of murders began and former performers at Barney's (drag queens) were being picked off.

Clayton draws us into the book immediately with a mooning in a courtroom and it gets wilder as the story continues. With an epic cast of characters who come and go, this tale of romance between two elderly lovers is one of the most fun reads I have had in a long time. I laughed through "Backside" and was not expecting to have a repeat occasion to do so but I was wrong. Clayton uses his wit to give us, of all things, a murder mystery and it is replete with twists and turns as well as romantic interludes. There are subplots and more subplots in this amazing novel.

Jim thinks he knows who is responsible for the killings and the only thing that might hamper him in catching him is that he might be killed first. We see that the past is not easily forgotten in this novel because it rears itself again. In such a preposterous set-up, one would think that this novel is a bit "far-out" but the opposite is true. Clayton gives us characters that he has drawn with skill and I found myself rooting for our heroes while trying out how to figure out who committed the murders. This is a fun read that is skillfully written and wonderfully related and just the perfect book for one of these cool autumn nights.

JAMES T. PATRICK
I will preface my remarks by saying it is very rare indeed for me to rate a novel with five stars. ...This a good read and one of the most engaging and enjoyable novels I have read this year. ...You will have a lot of fun and will thoroughly the enjoy the surprise ending.