For The New York Times, DT Max writes…
\”The use and abuse of order is the subject of Allen Kurzweil\’s engaging new novel, \”The Grand Complication.\” We try to keep life under control by cataloging it, only to find that what gives it its meaning is its refusal to be pinned down. To live well is to make room for confusion. This moral is given us through the story of Alexander Short, a New York librarian, who, overwhelmed by life; his parents deceased, a wife he can no longer talk to, an apartment in a neighborhood overrun by crack, has taken refuge in rules.\” more…
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