Zeitoun

We had a hurricane roll into our world a year ago. Though it was no Katrina, it spun off tornadoes that destroyed Sonic and ripped out an apartment complex wall. Power was out in some spots for a month and tree limbs and smashed road signs and broken fences became part of our everyday life.

So I was eager to read Zeitoun. In the past, I've been disappointed with narratives about hurricanes; with the exception of Isaac's Storm and Sudden Sea, hurricane storms often turn into a boring chronology of the events of the hours as the storm passes through.
Zeitoun was as well told as a novel. The characters the author chose to use in the book were a heady mix of do-gooder and flawed human being. Eggers takes us right into the storm with the characters.
It will be on my list of best reads of the year.