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Meriadoc  ·  4148 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Seeking book recommendations: "city-based, 20-something fiction"

This is a little off from that, but along the same lines of white, somewhat wealthy urbanites, but is also something of an attack on the culture: Freedom by Jonathan Franzen. And by god it's one of the best books you'll ever read.





lappelduvide  ·  4147 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm interested in that. I like reading writing that has echoes of (or is centered around) critiquing those self-absorbed (typically, anyway) characters. Thanks!

Meriadoc  ·  4147 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You'll absolutely despise the characters for the first half of it. They make terrible choices and are generally terrible people.