pétard mouillé

"the plot against america" is ok but i was expecting a knockout so it came out as a big disappointment. plus i'm getting Roth's nasty vocabulary habits way too clearly and it's kind of disturbing because i tend to expect talented writers, musicians, whatever, to proceed way beyond comprehension and i understood this one all too vividly.

(that's the first and last bookshop blockbuster i'll read this year)