Rizzio by Denisa Mina

 

Ghetto by Mitchell Duneier

 

The Magician by Colm Tóibín

 

Crossorads by Jonathan Franzen

 

Mixed feelings. Definitely too long. First half sailed past me promisingly, but in second half I got bogged down. Another cast of increasingly unsympathetic characters. The faith stuff was good for awhile, but hard to believe that the parents, and son Clem and daughter Becky, would all think (and speak) so profoundly about their faith strengths and disappointments.