A brief review of Racher Kushner's The Flamethrowers

Rachel Kushner’s The
Flamethrowers has restored my belief in first person narratives. She
somehow seamlessly conveys this character in a way that is at once sympathetic,
and very convincing. Particularly when it comes to the secondary characters,
who come to life through dialogue. First person has always been problematic to
me, maybe because of the insistence on the voice of one. Yet Kushner