I got this book because it was featured in another book: Rereadings, Anne Fadiman's collection of essays by authors revisiting favorite, or significant books and examining the process of re-reading. I was really excited to get Rereadings, but when I picked it up at the library, I realized I had not read very many of the books the writers were writing about. So I copied down a list, and I'm working my way through them.
This is the first, and I enjoyed it very much. Sort of dense and ponderous, but not in a bad way, it follows one family's history through the device of a friend of the son. The dialogue is wonderful and quick.
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