In Stewart O’Nan’s The Odds, the Drink is Marriage on Niagara’s Rocks

Michael van Baker — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:47:06 +0000

I don't want to quote too much from The Odds, by Stewart O'Nan, because it's a small book, about 180 pages, and his style isn't the pyrotechnic kind that, in a paragraph, leaves you wide-eyed. I'd just end up giving things away. The Los Angeles Times called him "the spokesperson of the regular person," and you can see what they were getting at, but O'Nan's gift is to somehow, through building up the stream of life's matters of fact, surmount them.

The SunBreak » stewart o’nan

In Stewart O’Nan’s The Odds, the Drink is Marriage on Niagara’s Rocks