A review by megea
The Big Rock Candy Mountain by Wallace Stegner

3.0

The three Wallace Stegner novels that I've read all share a similar theme: They follow an unsuccessful man and trace his unhappy marriage. Although not filled with flashy plot devices, they are gorgeously written. The beauty of Stegner's prose keeps you hooked. I had a harder time getting through Big Rock Candy Mountain, however, in part because the central character, Bo, could just be so unpleasant. Although his ambitions were portrayed in tragic and sympathetic terms, he's not a character you can like and you ache too much for his suffering wife and sons.