Dante's Indiana
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Average rating3.3
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Ratings2
Average rating3.3
A Divine Comedy of our times.--John Irving, author of The World According to Garp This book is a miracle."--Junot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Following Original Prin, a NYTBR Editor's Choice and Globe and Mail Best Book, Dante's Indiana is an extraordinary journey through the divine comedies and tragedies of our time. Middle-aged, married, but living on his own, Prin has lost his way. Desperate for money and purpose, he moves to small-town Indiana to work for an evangelical millionaire who's building a theme park inspired by Dante's Inferno. He quickly becomes involved in the difficult lives of his co-workers and in the wider struggles of their opioid-ravaged community while trying to reconcile with his distant wife and distant God. Both projects spin out of control, and when a Black teenager is killed, creationists, politicians and protesters alike descend. In the midst of this American chaos, Prin risks everything to help the lost and angry souls around him while searching for his own way home. Affecting and strange, intimate and big-hearted, Dante's Indiana is a darkly divine comedy for our time.
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I enjoyed the dark humor of this book, and thought Prin's character was a charming one. However, I found a lot of the plot points unbelievable and forced, and was not a fan of the pacing of this book. It felt like a lot of big topics were being jammed down the reader's throat without time to give them the attention they deserve. Prin, while an interesting character, is also very self pitying and wishy washy, and although he is charming he is also duplicitous and self-serving, in an unrealistic way.
