Story about Ukraine from an American perspective set (& mostly written?) 2018-2019. This book is mostly about an American who's a bit of an idiot who wanders far from home, but who also works in an office. Kind of a workplace novel meets Cormac McCarthy, except if McCarthy really loved Mexico (and switched Mexico for Ukraine). (Although thinking about it, workplace-novel-meets-Cormac-McCarthy was already done by Ling Ma, with Severance.) I really liked the depictions of public transit & also the mall/sports center/cultural center. Makes me want to read more about Lutsk. My biggest complaint is that the twist at the end where John didn't actually kill the neighbor felt unnecessary. I was totally weirded out by the murder, but it almost seemed like a cop-out to reveal he didn't actually kill the guy. I totally expected there to be some reveal (to the reader) where Natalia knew he did it the whole time, so credit to Lichtman for keeping me guessing. The real test will be if he fools my wife, who usually sees through this stuff.