Hopperfield’s Masterpiece
Review by Luke Magill
To be honest, I was somewhat skeptical when I picked up a book by the title Requiem for God, but a long Thanksgiving weekend in Oregon saw little else to do. Besides, I was interested. What type of melodrama resides within a story of this title? Whose dreams lie therein? Once I started reading my doubts evaporated completely. Truly, this is yet another masterwork swept away by the popular villainy of modern literature.
Needless to say, the works of John Hopperfield were, at that point, completely unknown to me. While the man was obviously a writer of great talent, few of his works deserve a place among the masterpieces of the English language. This is mostly due to the lack of symbolic coherence in many of his works. However, Requiem for God certainly shows how trends can belie facts. This work is a successful culmination of his previous failed attempts.
