I thought this was a really well written historical fiction piece. I enjoyed the focus on Eastern Washington State (I‘m from the East Coast, US) so I felt like I learned quite a bit about the geography and it‘s effects on the characters. I won‘t make comparisons to the Grapes of Wrath (my favorite novel) but I thought there were shades of that book in this one.

This one freaked me out a little. That said, it‘s a wonderfully artistic portrait of the 1980s, consumerism, Wall Street, arrogance, pretentiousness, insanity and violence. It‘s art and a period piece, so take it for what it‘s worth.