Vincenzo Bilof's Reviews > Missing Signal

In this latest Dystopian offering from Seb Doubinsky, the intelligent, lyrical prose offer snapshots of a haunted, paranoid mind. Missing Signals eschews genre for another carefully-constructed story that serves as a photo-album arranged by a poet; each chapter is a small offering of words, and within the framework of a single page (or two), moments and reflections in the life of our paranoid protagonist draw us in to the fantastical (for the protagonist) arrangement of the plot.
I admire Doubinsky’s ability to build a meaningful denouement; layered with a wistfulness for the 1960s, Doubinsky transfers the subconscious into a reality that unravels perception, but only because the impossible seems to be happening. When powerful drugs do become involved, the narrative wraps the reader in the paranoia with a rather unexpected twist. Here is where a spoiler would ruin everything. And yes, this book discusses the existence of aliens and the very concept’s impact on the paranoid, deconstructed mind of a man who works for the government and deals in secrets. And I absolutely loved the way this book concluded; the last sentence is very memorable.