The holiday parties are starting, and so are the holiday cookie swaps. Sure, you could always pick up something from the bakery at the grocery store on the way, but maybe you enjoy taking the time to find a great new recipe and make it. I am a big fan of the chocolate advent calendar; …
The word for this haunting novel is “interior.” Most of the action in the slowly-plotted narrative occurs indoors, and the book’s gravity rests in the characters’ interiority. Four young men—college classmates of various ethnic backgrounds and sexual orientations—remain bound in friendship over several decades. At the center: the unforgettable Jude, brilliant, strange and tortured. The depth of the abuse …
