REVIEWS
Inside the belly of the beast
The American Dream hangs heavy over that country. The idea that anyone, if they work hard, can achieve success has been shown over and over again to be a delusion, and modern American society is as far from a meritocracy as you can imagine.
Fiction is a great vehicle for examining the seedy underbelly of that dream, and this week we have two terrific novels that look at different aspects of aspiration and exploitation.
First up is Jordan Harper’s, set