false 16322351 81189 217145 1593761317 9781593761318 36 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172787386m/217145.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172787386s/217145.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217145.Radiant_Days 4.01 88 Radiant Days, FitzGerald's debut, follows the dissolving love triangle of a hapless American, a beautiful Hungarian junkie, and a young British journalist during the last days of the Balkan War. It's a comic tragedy that begins in dotcom San Francisco and travels through the tattered romanticism of expatriate Budapest, the sparkling Dalmatian coast, ending in the brutalized landscape of inland Croatia. Booklist says that FitzGerald has "flawlessly and astutely mirrored the ennui and confusion of a generation." Library Journal calls the book "a thoughtful if uncomfortable depiction of the spiritual bankruptcy of Americans." The New York Times says it is "an old story, made fresh."
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I thoroughly enjoyed the read and rattled through it in a few days. It paints a bleak picture of the modern human condition and the direction wester...more...]]>