My goal for the year is to read all the Purlitzer Prize books since 2000. It has been fun and exciting until I tackled this book; or should I say it tackled my sense of my propriety as an American. The M-F's are a tragic result of fulgarity that was offensive :  The first third of the book was such a chore to read, slow , and boring.  I really feel amazed  that this book was chosen as a 2008 winner