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Moshfegh wrote a strange, lovely book. Eileen is a lonely woman living with an alcoholic father and working at a dead-end job in a juvenile prison. Her quiet habits and obsessions are painstakingly noted: tiptoeing around her father in a decrepit house, painstakingly specific disordered eating, and rich, imaginative fantasies about her colleagues.
"Eileen" feels surprisingly expansive, given that the majority of the action takes place merely in our protagonists' head. The slow build as she is pulled into a bizarre crime is a surprisingly satisfying payoff.
"Eileen" feels surprisingly expansive, given that the majority of the action takes place merely in our protagonists' head. The slow build as she is pulled into a bizarre crime is a surprisingly satisfying payoff.