I rarely read fiction published, say, after 1970. I feel that this may not be a good thing-- that I might be cutting myself off from relevant and interesting streams of thought. Any advice on where to start? Any recent books you'd strongly recommend? Somehow it seems easier to get a grip on where older books fit into things...
A brief history of seven killings was good
>>7850193
Out of curiosity, how'd you select it to read in the first place?
>>7850204
I wanted to try something about a subject I didn't know much about, that and the book was getting a lot of hype from people I knew