Revolutionary Road

"I think I meant it more as an indictment of American life in the 1950s. Because during the Fifties there was a general lust for conformity all over this country, by no means only in the suburbs — a kind of blind, desperate clinging to safety and security at any price"

"a bright, beautiful, and talented couple who have lived on the assumption that greatness is only just around the corner. With heartbreaking compassion and remorseless clarity, Richard Yates shows how Frank and April mortgage their spiritual birthright, betraying not only each other, but their best selves."

- from reviews of the book Revolutionary Road.

Added to my list to follow the rest of Life After Murder, The Psychopath Test, and Godel, Escher, Bach. Or maybe urgency will take over.