I’ve read most of his books twice since, yeah, total misanthrope and I’m sure we’d have nothing to talk about other than birds. But the man knows how to tell a story, and wow he does a number on dysfunctional families. It’s not great but Purity was quite fun at parts and for a deep cut, his second novel Strong Motion was very entertaining to me since it takes place in 90s Somerville where I used to live (not in the 90s).