It won the Booker prize, and, yes, it's good. Somewhere betwen The Catcher in the Rye and A Confederacy of Dunces, Vernon Little is falsely accused of mass murder. A satire on America may seem too easy, but it's done very well. The plot takes a reasonable number of turns, and you have to keep reevaluating things. All in all, I think it works really well.
Posted 2004-05-29.