| | | |  | | No one else writes like Nell Zink. From her transatlantic perch, she gamely handles subjects most of her countrymen shy away from or handle only with the utmost seriousness. Here, she manages to turn racism, sexism, classism, and Southern history into rich veins of pitiless, yet breezy comedy. Mislaid transports you, like the best novels do, into a world that’s recognizably our own but also utterly strange. Her dialogue is infinitely sharper than real life, and her characters routinely make the kinds of decisions the rest of us thankfully avoid. And yet, the results of those bad decisions make for achingly good fiction. |  | | Scribd Editor | | | | | More Summer Reading Essentials | | | | Enjoy unlimited access to more than one million titles, all with a Scribd membership. | | | | | |
