MR. BRIDGE (Evan S. Connell) - May 13/23

 Well I didn't realize that this wasn't actually the first book but I doubt it matters much. This took me a while to get through but ultimately I was pretty impressed. Connell does a good job of capturing the inner life of this very stuffy character, and I'm certainly curious to read the same events from the perspective of his wife. *** out of ****