A review by pking90
Stranger on a Train by Jenny Diski

4.0

The comforting (and discomfiting) same-ness of America, the real-life stock characters of America, the beauty and grandeur and just plain weirdness of America. Though she name checks DeToqueville, this is something entirely different: an examination of the effect of America and Americans on the self. She brings a lot of her self into the narrative and it’s really what ties it all together. The text is full of digressions and it gives a strong authorial voice. I think that ultimately the book falters in the last few chapters as even she begins to weary of the journey she’s taking.