Review: The Nix

The Nix by Nathan Hill
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This book was great - Lisa kept recommending it to me, and when I finally got started I could tell why. The story is nominally about a young man who, when faced with an overdue manuscript for his publisher, agrees to investigate his estranged mother, whom he learns is a radical from the 1960's. However, the book is so much more than that - Hill is a master at characterization, from the main characters to minor people, he paints such a clear picture of who they are, that it seems as if you know them. While the plot of this book was interesting enough, it was the characters that really made it great. Thanks, Lisa!

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