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adamjcalhoun 's review for:
Netherland
by Joseph O'Neill
Read this a month ago so let's see what I remember-
Netherland is the story of a multiply displaced individual - a Dutchman with a British family, living in the US - who feels isolated from work and his family. Beautifully written, with prose that gets out of the way of the story, while simultaneously adding to it, this book is one of the seeming few that use New York City as more than just a name. The city is on display with all its eclecticism front and center.
There are two other stories that the main character is carried down like a leaf down a stream, and though they take up the bulk of the plot, to me they were more important as a representation of the main character's state of mind.
Netherland is the story of a multiply displaced individual - a Dutchman with a British family, living in the US - who feels isolated from work and his family. Beautifully written, with prose that gets out of the way of the story, while simultaneously adding to it, this book is one of the seeming few that use New York City as more than just a name. The city is on display with all its eclecticism front and center.
There are two other stories that the main character is carried down like a leaf down a stream, and though they take up the bulk of the plot, to me they were more important as a representation of the main character's state of mind.