He Digs a Hole by Danger SlaterMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Harrison Moss is having one helluva mid-life crisis. He chops off his hands, replaces then with gardening tools, and begins digging a hole in his backyard. A really big hole. A hole so big and so deep that eventually Harrison, his long-suffering wife Tabitha, their house, and their entire neighborhood are swallowed up when the hole gives way to a horrifying underworld where the bugs are the humans. They go through all the motions humans do. They go to work, they live in houses, they party in clubs. They don't know why they do it. They just do it, because it is the routine, and routine is law. This is one of the many metaphors Slater uses to point out the horrible boredom of everyday life and almost everyone is willing to settle because it seems to be the thing everyone else is doing. "He Digs A Hole" is beautifully written and Slater's creative use of the narrator makes it a lot of fun to read.
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