Book Review: The Complicities by Stacey D’Erasmo
How and where do you draw the line between self-deception and lying?
How and where do you draw the line between self-deception and lying?
First, I am not the strong reader I might like to be. Second, I found Chronic City tedious, boring, and uninspiring. Third, the second might find cause in the first.
Pain is one of the particles forming the novel’s packed core. The story focuses (largely) on graying-haired Harry, a man who once suffered a loss that left his life in shambles.