Yuvi Zalkow

This book is narrated by an author who is trying to write a brilliant novel. He is neurotic, selfish, and twisted, yet I found it hard not to like him. His marriage is falling apart and his life is in a downward spiral as he continually fails to write his novel. A Brilliant Novel in the Works is the novel he is failing to write and the people in his life become characters in his novel. The book is hard to describe, but it is clever, heartbreaking, and funny all at once. Definitely not for everyone, but I liked it.… (mehr)