A review by corrompido
All the Sad Young Literary Men by Keith Gessen
5.0
I really enjoyed this book, Gessen's first. It definitely wasn't perfect, despite my 5 star rating, but overall I thought that it was excellent. It is a great portrayal of your 20s as an upper middle class male intellectual (note that since I more or less belong to that class this book may have resounded with me more than others, fair warning.) The writing was mostly great, with some truly standout lines.
The story itself follows 3 main characters through college and post-college lives, mostly focusing on love relationships and job insecurity. Despite being hard to follow at a few small areas (not obvious which character was which early on,) and Gessen's choice to stay away from the female character's point of view, it did a great job of telling a revealing story.
The story itself follows 3 main characters through college and post-college lives, mostly focusing on love relationships and job insecurity. Despite being hard to follow at a few small areas (not obvious which character was which early on,) and Gessen's choice to stay away from the female character's point of view, it did a great job of telling a revealing story.