Very impressed with the use of specific language/words over other words that would have been less effective - E.g., "chattel for masses" - could have written 'property' but the word chattel also means property and adds the image of 'cattle.' (in fact second line after that actually detracted a bit from that subtlety). Things like that could be found throughout and it was just really refined, stylistically mature. Difficult to compare that with the other one, because there was an entirely different writing tone, while one was refined and imaginative, the other went for a everyman-narration. There was a good use of colloquial language to create this everyman character - E.g., "The buzz hit the brain on just my third shot in" but then there are other parts that weren't consistent with that tone like "squabble with my confidants", there was good emotional quality, but the actual concept of drink-driving was a little bit one-dimensional in comparison to the Alzheimer's veteran concept. Voting for Certain.
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