Jeffrey Eugenides has only written 3 novels. But Middlesex (2002) won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

It’s excellent.

He teaches now at Princeton.

I’ve tried a few times to get through The Marriage Plot. (2011)

25% of the book on my last attempt.

It’s well written and poses interesting philosophical discussion points from the perspective of literature.

But I was turned off by the main story line — a (love?) triangle between three college friends from Brown University.

Brown is the author’s alma mater.

It’s praised for “texture and pain” of lived experience.

But I found those torturous life experiences to be torture to read.

Once again, there are no characters to cheer for in this book.