Book 16: Home Land, by Sam Lipsyte

I picked this amusing novel up at the recommendation of numerous blogs that I read daily. While it perhaps didn't quite measure up to the lofty expectations I had accumulated after seeing all the great word-of-mouth, it's nonetheless a hilarious deconstruction of what it means to be 30-something in America today. Basically, the hero/anti-hero of the book decides that he is going to write to his high school newsletter that is published regularly (my high school surely doesn't do anything like that, and thank goodness for it). The catch is, he tells the truth. Probably the best thing about the book is that Lipsyte has a talent for language - in fact, I suspect it would be even more enjoyable if it was read aloud. By the time the book ends, it's a little bit too Christopher Moore-ish by way of Carl Hiassen, but still a wild ride and a novel I would recommend in general.