Sahar Rezaie Rezaie itibaren Karyasari, Sukaresmi, Pandeglang Regency, Banten, Endonezya
This book is EPIC. You get quite a few VERY different points of view, and you follow them through decades of tumultuous time. Despite its grand scale though, I found this novel incredibly intimate at times. I think about this book a lot, and Franzen's characters have changed the way I encounter the world.
It's early, so I won't blame Thompson, but this is pretty standard fare, hardly any of the pizzazz you'd know him for. Even his letters of the time were more exciting; but he got down deep, and these fuckers were pure nutso.
I enjoyed this when I was young, and it stands up well.
My favorite books growing up...