Basking in the Wrong Kind of Sunshine by Angelos Michalopoulos is a fascinating conversation a man named George is having with his conscience. It felt almost like reading a stage play with only dialogue being presented in a back and forth conversation. They are discussing various topics, including how to sync up a man to his conscience, and what it is like to be in perfect sync with oneself. It felt like reading the works of Plato where it is completely conversational and trying to convey meaning inside of the dialogue.

Much of the dialogue is well-written and easy to follow, but occasionally it gets wordy or clunky and can become too vague and abstract to hold onto. The ideas conveyed in the text range from common sense ideas to far-reaching ideologies. There is very little context given in the story, and what is given is contained in little snippets in parenthesis. For example, in one passage we have this line: "(Stops talking, as if he had a new idea, then raises his head and looks persistently at the ceiling)" which breaks up the actual dialogue. This serves to help give us the context of what our main character is doing, and we also get little ideas of where George is while he is having this internal discussion. Basking in the Wrong Kind of Sunshine by Angelos Michalopoulos gives us an internal dialogue between a man and his conscience, but the ideas discussed therein have far greater impact and reach than just one man's life.

In a story with a very unique premise, that of a man and his conscience having a conversation about how they might be able to better their existence, Basking in the Wrong Kind of Sunshine, a new offering by author Angelos Michalopoulos, readers will find something unlike anything they might have encountered before, crossing many topics in an existential conversation that aims to find what truly makes their collective life better. Some of the more interesting thoughts between the two entities are how many bad checks they have to write to each other before they will be happy and how many walls they must construct in order to be visible. Written in an almost ethereal fashion, Basking in the Wrong Kind of Sunshine is a book that will not only appeal to a reader's mind, but also to one's very soul.

I very much enjoyed Basking in the Wrong Kind of Sunshine. Author Angelos Michalopoulos has done a simply amazing job in creating a work that doesn't just make a reader think, but also will make them feel. Any reader who enjoys a creative piece of art in a book that they read will certainly enjoy this, and should read it as soon as possible. I recommend this book for any such reader. I also look forward to reading more work from the highly cerebral author, Angelos Michalopoulos, in the very near future. His unusual and creative voice makes him stand out in the literary world.