It’s not pretty, but it’s one hell of an interesting and telling ride. Get ready for a massive national comeuppance as Franzen holds a mirror to the Great American Dysfunction of the past five decades. Crossroads, therefore, is the first of a trilogy. Franzen’s fictional family, the Hildebrandts, has so many issues (neuroses, sexual hang-ups, religious quirks, drug addictions), the author has said it will take more than one book to cover everything. And I imagine anyone who picks up Jonathan Franzen’s latest novel, Crossroads, will have a similar feeling. Can’t you tell they have issues?”īut I couldn’t stop. She would lean over and whisper into my ear, “Stop staring at them. They were punks dragged to a holy tea party. When I was a child, huddled in a church pew with my parents and sister on a Sunday, my mother would catch me gawking at a family with unkempt teenagers who displayed all manner of social disdain.
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