Entries in books (2)

Sunday
Oct212012

Prescient Super Sad True Love Story - Delivers 

I finished the novel Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart.  I loved this book.  It was just super plain fun to read, which is a major irony running in the book's not-too-distant future setting.  The main story, multiple story lines, setting, and characters are more than prescient - they're radically current.  The ending is apropot. 

 

Thanks to @TedManger for the recommendation.

Sunday
Oct212012

Wichita by Thad Ziolkowski


This book rocked! A charming, witty, fun, dark, contemporary novel.  

For me, is perfect.  Good son, bad son, divorced parents, academia, WT, meth, E, Cambridge, south of France, etc.  Just right, with good parts of darkness, because you know it's a novel, so you're wondering how moreso than what, and then it happens.  brilliant. fun. pick it up if you like the writers I do.  NY Times review of Wichita.