A review by lurdesabruscato
The Scenic Route by Binnie Kirshenbaum

2.0

When I read reviews like "witty and poignant," "a brilliant creation," and "a most virtuoso performance," my interest is peaked and I give a book try. Review fail. Kirshenbaum's protagonist is hardly witty -- in a rambling narrative filled with non sequiturs, she loses her job, travels Europe and takes up with a married man. Snippets from her past, oddities from her luggage, insights from her lover are all jumbled together with no point in sight. Not a trip I want to retake.