PositiveNomadic PressIt is not just that Gary Indiana’s novel, Do Everything in the Dark, is about, or fictively triggered by, old photos (and letters), but that the form the book takes captures this random recall in its ability to fit its pieces together, almost. Is a roman à clef a story told on its head? Or is it merely standing upright, a little off center from the \'real\' story it simultaneously cloaks and exposes? ... Indiana’s writing feels like reportage ... Sometimes, this makes for reading that doesn’t immediately engage, but given what it seems Indiana’s commentative purposes often are, this seems \'right\' and \'true.\' Do Everything in the Dark, however, pushes that style a bit further. Because it is a more personal story, at times it feels more intimate, but this intimacy often creates even more distance than is found in some of his other works ...
