by Arthur Phillips
"What does it mean to fret about your fledgling career when the man across the table was tortured by two different regimes? How does your short, uneventful life compare to the lives of those who actually resisted, fought, and died? What does your angst mean in a city still pocked with bullet holes f...
I tried. I really tried, but life is too short to read books one doesn't like. I gave it a good solid 150 pages before calling it quits.
Honestly, I only liked this book because I identified highly with the Charles character. Phillips got the American-Hungarian spot on, making me laugh out loud at some points. But if you've never been to Hungary, I don't really know why you would want to read this book.
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