There are any number of good reviews of this out there. I’m just going to say
WOW!!!!
and that goes for the film too, which really does justice to the book. A rare and felicitous occasion.
For the record, I read it in Vienna cafes, an oddly cultural and urban location for this tale of the new suburbia.
Isn’t it amazing (and heartbreaking and relatable and depressing)?
This has been on my list for a long time; I saw the film, but I appreciate books so much more.
Yes, although I liked the film, I am aware that I saw it first and I do wonder if I would have been less impressed with it had I seen it after reading the book.