“The morning was a fish in a net, glistening and wriggling at the dead black border of her consciousness, but she’d never caught fish in a net or on a hook either, so she really couldn’t really say if or how or why.” I read this years ago, and I more or less liked it, but I don’t think I understood it much. Or rather, it’s a perfectly understandable novel, but maybe you need some of the cynicism and realism of your 30s to seep […]

It’s c1909, and a small group of strangers are closing in on the breakfast cereal Mecca, Battle Creek, Michigan. It’s there that the San, Dr. Kellogg’s famous sanitarium awaits some of them, and the fast-paced novel cereal industry awaits others. Will and Eleanor Lightbody have recently gone through a personal tragedy, and are returning (well, Eleanor is) to the San for further treatment, while Will is joining for the first time. Charlie Ossining is a would-be cereal magnate who is bringing his seed money to […]