A review by cbendixe
The Epicure's Lament by Kate Christensen

3.0

The narrator, Hugo, is an unashamed and yet completely likable ass. His descriptions of his family, his home, and his past adventures are funny and yet a little unsettling. He's also dying, and pretty ok with that. How Kate Christensen could get into the mind of a middle-aged misanthropic rich white man, I'll never know! Other supporting characters are also vivid in their annoying, funny, and sympathetic ways, but Hugo will stick with me for a long time.