Each week I review the short fiction from a recent issue of The New Yorker ...because the Supreme Leader told me it would aid my understanding of earthling culture. Issue: Nov. 18, 2013 Story: "Find the Bad Guy" Author: Jeffrey Eugenides Plot: A middle aged man, Charlie, creeps on his recently estranged wife and his family as he recounts his struggles with alcoholism and the dissolution and ultimate failure of his marriage. He eventually confronts his family, breaking the TRO his wife has placed on him and comes close to some kind of reconciliation, but fails. Review: Reading and reviewing the short fiction in The New Yorker every week is a chore sometimes. Other times it opens literary doors by exposing me to new authors I was long (long) overdue to read on my own. This week falls into the latter category. Jeffrey Eugenides, where have you been all my life! There's a lot to like in this story: 1.) Humor - This story's funny as hell whi
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