false 8727010 210421 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."
[link:http://www.radiantdays.com]]]> 127254 4.01 88 36 2007 5 3 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 05 20:00:52 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 07 21:45:41 -0800 2007 Radiant Days is a hell of an accomplishment. Michael Fitzgerald is a writer of both seriousness and serious talent. He deserves to be read.

On the back cover there is reference to Fitzgerald's MFA; but I'm overjoyed to report that Fitzgerald's work shows almost none o...more...]]>