Sunday, March 25, 2012

Hope: a tragedy

Hope: a tragedy by Shalom Auslander 292 pgs.

Sol Kugal is trying to start over.  He and his wife Bree buy an old farm house in Stockton, NY...a place where nothing important has ever happened.  The idea of running from history seems fairly attractive to Kugal but once they move into the house, things don't go all that well.  For one, his ailing mother seems to be short for the world so he moves her in to witness her improving daily and driving he and his wife crazy.  Then he discovers someone living in the attic and can't figure out how to get rid of her.  This is a funny book that is pretty sick at the same time.  I feel sorry for Sol but as he spends a lot more of his time trying to determine what should be on his tomb stone and planning his last words than parenting his young son, maybe he gets what he deserves.
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