THE RED LOTUS (Chris Bohjalian) - June 29/20

This is probably one of Bohjalian's better books in a while, as it's quite readable and even suspenseful in spots. It's too long, as per usual, but Bohjalian does a nice job of fleshing out the central character and even a few periphery figures (including Ken. Poor, doomed Ken). I definitely think the book could've been trimmed, but that's true of most of Bohjalian's efforts. *** out of ****