![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The outsider through whose yearning eyes we see the Interestings from that first night onward is Jules Jacobson, an aspiring actress with a smart mouth. Like the coeds of Mary McCarthy's The Group and the buddies in Adam Sandler's Grown Ups, the Interestings come together as teenagers and never lose their special connection, something that seems to happen more often in art than life. But perseverance pays off: As their lives unspool over the next 40 years and 400-odd pages, the Interestings do prove themselves often, if not always, quite interesting. ("Gunter Grass is basically God," proclaims a 16-year-old boy.) As the evening wears on they decide that because they are so interesting, they will, only somewhat ironically, name their clique "the Interestings." At that point some readers will want to gently place the book in the nearest trash can. Yes, Gunter Grass, which gives you an idea of the kind of kids Wolitzer is writing about: smart, privileged, pretentious. Meg Wolitzer's fat, talky new novel begins in 1974 at an arts camp in the Berkshires where six teenagers sit around in a teepee smoking pot and discussing Gunter Grass. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Interestings Author Meg Wolitzer ![]()
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