This one is a game-changer, as are few and far between, but I lucked out and have found 3 or 4 in the last year- this is easily one of them.

Nathan Hill has a dark and brilliant mind which is on full display in this long, thorough novel. The political landscape got me interested and provided a constant for me to hang onto for guidance when Hill pulled me away on various lustrous tangents introducing such full character backgrounds before dropping me off again at the doorstep of the 1968 Democratic National Convention or the uncertainly of both the world's and Samuel's future towards the end of 2011.

Frank>>Faye>>Samuel: what a wide web this family has found themselves in. While not overly complicated, the emotional entanglements (and lack thereof with Faye & Samuel's relationship) is keen and accessible and just so so believable. I detested Frank, cheered on Faye, and watched Samuel carefully, sometimes pitying, sometimes just following on until next I'd be shocked by the next revelation (the Bishop siblings!!?).

I wanted for nothing more than what Hill gave me. While I doubted the necessity of such detail included for the character Pwnage, I still enjoyed the writing too much to overthink it.

Might even reread this in the future.