I really, really wanted to like this book. Sadly everything that is lacking in it is precisely what made me LOVE Ferris' first novel: humour, fleshed out characters you care about, a gripping narrative, and genuine warmth for the human race despite its altogether shittiness. I called Ferris a "mo...
It's funny how certain books just come along at exactly the right time in your life. I read 'Franny & Zooey' when I was right out of college and just starting my life as a post-grad in the city, and it really spoke to me. I read 'A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius' the summer before my sen...