A review by kathleenitpdx
Adam in Eden by Ethan Shaskan Bumas, Carlos Fuentes, Alejandro Branger

4.0

This is a wonderfully different novel. I listened to an audio version read by Robert Fass, which is a great way to experience this book which is written in first person. Adam comes across, at first, as a macho Mexican. He is in charge. He has arranged his life the way he wants it. But he is honest. He is where he is partly because he has married the daughter of a nouveau riche man, the king of bakeries. But we find that Adam can be compassionate. The story is set among many of the travails of modern Mexico.
Adam's world starts to come apart on many levels and he carefully examines the problems and his own responses to these challenges.
His solution is surprising.

I think this would make a wonderful movie. I am not sure how, but the plot, the characters, the action and the humor seem that they could be made visual.