SPIDER (Patrick McGrath) - January 11/10

Ugh. It took me several months to finish this plotless, interminable book. McGrath offers up what's probably an accurate look at the mindset of a crazy person, but fails to include a single element designed to capture and hold the reader's interest (ie there are no intriguing characters, situations, twists, etc). To paraphrase Patton Oswalt, it's well written but who gives a shit? * out of ****