(Readers who prefer his breakout 2001 novel, The Corrections, will surely welcome this.) For Russ, who organizes volunteer work in the inner city and at a Navajo reservation, the ’70s bring a humiliating shift in identity. Unlike Franzen’s previous two novels, 2010’s Freedom and 2015’s Purity, Crossroads is light on curmudgeonly social commentary. The social change convulsing America in 1971 only lightly shapes the crises that beset the Hildebrandts. Thanks for signing up! You can manage your newsletter subscriptions at any time.
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