Description
Many Capstick readers have remarked that after they began reading one of his books they were unable to put the book down, regardless of their feelings toward the author “because of the anticipation of what would happen next.” Another, frequently heard comment, is that after reading a Capstick book the reader felt physically tired, as if they had been with him in the story. This sort of tension building is a literary device commonly used by skilled fiction writers but rarely by authors of nonfiction unless they are falling back on creative nonfiction as their form. “The Capstick affect” is this paragraph building of sustained tension in a nonfiction adventure text.
