Middlesex

Like the narrator this masterpiece is neither one thing nor another. An epic Greek tale and/or a modern American novel. I didn't know what to expect from this, looking solely for a Pulitzer prize winner to read I was intrigued by the cover. In retrospect the clues were all there in the hyphenated title and the classical illustration but I really did not expect what I found.
No spoilers here but the big reveal comes in the first sentence and Eugenides had me hooked from then. Cal's story crosses oceans and generations, brushing with revolutions and revolutionaries. It is full of history and knowledge and science and poetry - worthier poeple than me will have reviewed it with much better words. Deserving of prizes and praise it's a tale of acceptance of self and others and I loved it.