

More excited to read *this* book than any other in the past year. Tough to say exactomundi why, except that it feels like it might be part Kerouac, a sliver of Le Carre, a tad Gilead (Marilynne), plus a leaf o' Steel Magnolias. A slice of literary worthwhile hours, anticipation says. Craving a silent read from the shelter of a cool old, abandoned barn. That's the official plan. /Btw, photo's a NASA image, Jupiter. Looks kinda sexy... for a planet.