by Lydia Millet
I really did not find anything redeeming in this book. I have itemized the most annoying points below, but really the whole thing was just a waste of time. 1. We have the overblown, overwritten masturbatory non-sensical language: "He was reminded of the potential for all shackled beasts to break fr...
I was entranced by this book; it's funny, smart, so well-written, moving. If he could detect an air of arrogant pride in a skinny girl at a swim meet, say, jiggling a bare foot in the bleachers as she stared coolly at the other swimmers, he was pleased; he was reminded of the potential for all shac...