BY NIGHTFALL, BY MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM, FOURTH ESTATE, $27.99.
Manhattan art dealer Peter Harris is struggling with the kind of concerns only the rich can afford to contemplate at length. Am I happy? What is art? What is beauty?
Pulitzer Prize-winning author (for The Hours), Michael Cunningham, writes so exquisitely it’s almost possible to forgive his protagonist his self-absorption. Peter has been married to art magazine editor Rebecca Harris for nearly 20 years, but when her self-destructive brother comes to stay, Peter starts to question his marriage, his career and more. The climax is satisfying, yet underwhelming. This is not a novel for the casual reader. The motives, meanings and metaphors will provide material for the keen literary analyst.
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