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REVIEW | Religion and irrationality drive Franzen's characters in Crossroads - but to what end?

Jane Rosenthal

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Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen.

Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen.

BOOK: Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen (Harper Collins).

Jonathan Franzen, who in 2001 infamously attracted a huge amount of attention by not wanting his novel, The Corrections, to be on Oprah Winfrey's Book Club, has published his sixth novel. Is he as good as some say he is, or not?

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