A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING (Dave Eggers) - April 25/16

Definitely conflicted about this one. The first half reminded me a little of Tom Perrotta, with the internal look at a thoroughly fleshed-out protagonist. But the book is ultimately a little too uneventful and the end comes way too quickly. (I wanted to know if Alan was going to be okay financially and personally, for example.) *** out of ****