A Person to Whom Certain Things Happened
Rachel Kushner’s THE FLAMETHROWERS has kindled sincere discussions in our literary press about the Great American Novel, but few critics have offered an interpretation. If it’s such a great novel, then what does it tell us?
Jay Caspian Kang’s THE DEAD DO NOT IMPROVE is a detective story whose mystery is not a single act of violence, but a culture that breeds a certain kind of violence.