The Double Bind: A Novel Reviews

A sweet and charming mentally ill man who passed through the shelter and was successfully homed and monitored by Laural and her co-workers passes away. He leaves...

Having become a fan of Bohjalian's books, I saved this one to read on my vacation and was not disappointed. It actually made me feel more positively about F. Scott Fitzgerald-- who has never been in my list of favorite authors because of his badly disguised chauvanism.

Bohjalian always attacks a controversial issue, showing it from all sides, making it impossible to think of it in good/evil, black-and-white terms. He insists on forcing the reader to consider the gray areas, and I always find myself thinking that I can understand why that person did that or thought that-- even though it might...