Hagy's new novel, Scribe, a beautiful work clearly rooted in the ethos of the Program Era, seems the very example of a return to the bourgeois novel of art for art's sake.
Fresh Complaint is a strong short story collection that will complement fans of Eugenides's novels and introduce another generation to his humorous, profound, humane worlds.
If you wade into Lake Success, or even just repose on its banks, are you primed for a life of achievement and glory, similar to the way taking a dip in the River Styx renders you invulnerable?
