Those who review and/or blurb love to heap praise on good non-fiction by stating 'it reads like a novel.' I'll go along with that, and then assume that the opposite must be true as well. Roth's speculative fiction/alternate history masterpiece is so plausible and, of course, applicable to our current political mess that I have to now remind myself that Charles Lindbergh isn't to be reviled as 'the anti-semitic president.' Combined with my recent tear through Chabon's library, I have been immersed in the imaginary Jewish past. Leaving that religion, but staying with the 'could have been' theme, I'm now starting The Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen.
Also reading: The Future of Nature and The Truth. Wish I had more time to read, but new jobs tend to slow one down...
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