i don't think i'm the target audience for this book. i did not like it.

April 21, 2022

this holds up way better than i expected. good thriller/noir/airplane manual.

June 16, 2022

Try to read it quickly since everyone has the same name. This isn't too difficult since it's a very good book.

May 17, 2012

5* esp if you love George Saunders stories

January 20, 2016

the interludes featuring the authors really get in the way of what is otherwise a really fascinating tale.

December 14, 2021

this is a weird one.

June 9, 2021

Looks nice on a shelf & fun to pick up and read one or two entries, but I'm not sure how accurate some of the anecdotes were.

March 13, 2013

i love parker but everyone around him in this book is insistently two-dimensional.

February 14, 2019

gripping & very re-readable

July 12, 2022

This collection is good for completists but I could have lived with just “Entropy” and “The Secret Integration” (but I did love “Entropy”). Also pretty sure “Under The Rose” is almost entirely contained in “V”.

March 13, 2013

i loved loved loved this book.

July 25, 2022

joshua ferris's best yet. i loved this book and can't stop thinking about it in the days since.

April 17, 2022

[asterisk: much funnier w general Old Testament familiarity]

January 8, 2017

this story and world are gorgeous in their construction but i found it difficult to care about any of the characters.

January 25, 2022

this was a very good ghost story.

March 30, 2021