Black Wind

I decided to read Black Wind because it is part of F. Paul Wison’s fictional secret history of the world. It took me about 60 something pages before I became fully engrossed in Black Wind because though the book is framed as if it is an autobiographical account of one character’s life, that character is not featured in the majority of the book and other characters’ perspectives dominate the book. It also took me awhile to get into the rhythm of the book. It starts in San Francisco, and without warning, we’re in Japan with a different character. It takes awhile to realize the relationship between the characters. Even though Black Wind is fictional, because I’m not as familiar with the Pacific portion of World War II, I found myself constantly wondering how much liberty Wilson took. I’m guessing plenty. I enjoyed reading Black Wind, but it may be my least favorite book by Wilson to date probably because while there are supernatural elements, they are not central to the entire narrative.