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American Pastoral by Philip Roth
4.0

So, this was excellent. At times I didn't devote the attention that it deserved, but even so it was a wonderful story -- and the writing was amazing. (The man wrote a sentence that went on for 2/3 of a page, and it made perfect sense!)

The story basically chronicles the disintegration of a family after their daughter commits a terrorist act in their tiny hometown. We spend much of the novel coming at things from the point of view of the father, who is increasingly unable to understand how things have gotten to where they are.

I'm not really sure what else to say about this -- but it was great. I'm sure I'll come back to it again someday.