Stay Inside for Those You Love
Bel Canto. Ann Patchett. Harper, 2001. 336 pp. $25.99 (cloth). In these unsettling/upsetting/unprecedented times, as so many corporate emails begin these days, I find myself annoyed with articles promising me THE BEST BOOKS TO READ IN QUARANTINE. What irritates me about these lists is the implication that a particular kind of book is most satisfying …