Shriver managed to truly surprise me.This is, I think, the fourth novel dealing with morbid obesity that I’ve read in the past year or two. Is there any more you really need to know? Here’s what’s awesome about the novel: with a premise like that, there were only a few outcomes to the tale that I could readily envisage. Much like the eponymous brother, I gulped this treat down whole-and enjoyed it thoroughly! I don’t feel a large need to summarize the plot further. At the airport, she fails to recognize him-in the time they’ve been separated, her brother has gained several hundred pounds!That premise was all I needed to hear.
A friend of his calls her, indicating that Edison’s fallen on hard times, and she invites him to come stay for a visit. Edison is a successful jazz pianist out of New York, and this is the longest they’ve ever been apart. Pandora Halfdanarson, a married, mid-western entrepreneur, hasn’t seen her older brother in four years. I can summarize Lionel Shriver’s latest in just a few sentences. High-concept and high-calorieI’m a sucker for novels with high-concept hooks.
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