Thursday, January 2, 2014

10 OF THE BEST DEPICTIONS OF SUBURBIA IN LITERATURE

(from bustle.com
by Molly Labell)

Ah, the suburbs. Their playgrounds are great to goof around in, their basements are superb places for 16-year-olds to French kiss and drink vodka-Gatorades, and their cul-de-sacs are ideal for child-rearing. For many folks, though, the endless rows of white fences and lawn sprinklers are a total hellscape — a metaphorical prison and an insufferable reminder of their own dwindling individualism. (Or so I’m told; I kinda liked drinking vodka-Gatorades in the rec room.) Either way, the suburbs are a breeding ground for some of the most poignant and unsettling books ever written, and these are 10 of the very best.

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