{"id":22886,"date":"2017-10-23T12:46:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=22886"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:46:53","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:46:53","slug":"joseph-oneill-the-sinking-of-the-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2017\/10\/23\/joseph-oneill-the-sinking-of-the-houston\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph O’Neill: “The Sinking of the Houston”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“The Sinking of the Houston”<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Joseph O’Neill
\nfrom the October 30, 2017 issue of\u00a0The New Yorker<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/h3><\/div>

\"\"I<\/span> haven’t really enjoyed anything he’s put out there since I loved his novel\u00a0Netherland<\/em>.\u00a0Will this be the Joseph O’Neill story I’ve been waiting for? He certainly has me pegged in this opening paragraph:<\/p>\n

Whhen I became a parent of young children I also became a purposeful and relentless opportunist of sleep. In fact, sleep functioned as that period\u2019s subtle denominator. I found myself capable of taking a nap just about anywhere, even when standing in a subway car or riding an escalator. I wasn\u2019t the only one. Out and about, I spotted drowsy or dozing people everywhere; and I realized that a kind of mechanized mass somnambulism is an essential component of modern life; and I gained a better understanding of the siesta and the snooze and the death wish.<\/p>\n

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