Tag: paul murray

The book that put Murray on the map is funny, sad and addictive, and maybe even better than his high-profile follow up The Bee Sting.

The comparisons to Franzen (especially Crossroads) are fair, but I liked this much more than even The Corrections. Maybe it’s because Murray is Irish, and Irish fiction seems to connect with me. Maybe he writes women better, maybe he’s just better at building tension. I could not get enough of this book. The story revolves around a…