6/28/2023 0 Comments May We Be Forgiven by A.M. Homes![]() ![]() It seems that he has crashed his car and killed two people. Ostensibly the plot is about picking apart what really happened to George. May We Be Forgiven sometimes reads like a brilliant miniseries. The author of This Book Will Save Your Life, a novel about a wealthy trader with nothing left to live for, and The End of Alice, a dark retelling of Lolita, Homes has turned to television in recent years, writing for The L Word and developing an HBO series, The Hamptons. You want to run away but you find yourself compelled to look at the reflection. ![]() Her writing exerts a push-pull that feels like being in a hall of mirrors. She excels in portraying the minutiae of a dysfunctional family (is there any other kind?), creating characters who are both repellent and magnetic. The responsible older brother's "help" now takes on a sexual dimension.ĪM Homes is a masterful dissector of modern American life. After years of acquiescence to his younger sibling, Harry's kiss with Jane, his hand still inside the turkey carcass, is an act of self-assertion and betrayal that might have gone unnoticed, except for the fact that two months later George goes into meltdown and Jane turns to Harry for help. ![]()
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