A review by ecari
That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo

2.0

I still love Richard Russo's writing style, but I didn't enjoy this book much. I found the main character, Jack Griffin, to be disturbingly self-absorbed and cruelly snobby. Because Russo has a very effective way of delving into the psyche, I felt like I had too much insight into how this man's thought process worked - basically it made me feel uncomfortable most of the time. The story was engaging enough to keep me reading and I admit to laughing aloud at the family drama toward the end of the novel (at a wedding, of course), but to someone interested in reading this book, I would strongly recommend any one of Russo's other great novels.