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Despite these assets to the story, most readers will either acquiesce or roll their eyes at the fever pitch and labored first-person voice. Given the current appetite for Scandinavian thrillers, though, this book should find an ample, willing audience.
If this debut novel were half the size, or twice as humane (or even crueler), then this reviewer could recommend it. Now, however, he'd move to the other side of the train to get away from the ranting.
Not an easy exercise in nostalgia, this novel is a pleasure to navigate with its large, likable cast. Fans of Ben Lerner's Leaving the Atocha Station will find themselves similarly enchanted here.
Even the most jaded and apolitical of American readers will find this short novel transfixing. Fans of Delillo's more astringent works will find a similar spirit here.