Title: One of her best books in years.
Review: An excellent book although written in the overly-familiar style of many of her other books. The difference this time is her wit. Her sarcastic descriptions of the obnoxious rich people in the book are hysterical. She is descriptive, critical and condemning all in the same sentence.I don't understand why writers inflict us with so many novels about the "problems" of rich people. Rich people are not all that interesting. But, in this case, Oates brings us an edge to the characters not often found in the "I'm rich but I'm miserable" genre of fiction.Many familiar themes appear from her huge body of work. She has a style that is unshakable and unchangable. She repeats herself and it's either good reading or terrible reading (e.g. We Were The Mulvaneys). In this case it's great reading.
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