Freida McFadden writes mega bestsellers, thrillers with a million plot twists. Fun, entertaining reads, perfect for the beach, the airport, and the beginning of the academic year.
I want to mention The Tenant in particular because it’s the second novel this week (after Culpability) that portrays a hen-pecked man, eager to please, and fussing around helplessly as women tug him around and pummel him.
A man terrified of displeasing women is now a major theme in American literature. I could give a long list of books where that is the center of the narrative. The Brits are obsessed with housing, the Spaniards are fixated on their depopulating countryside, and Americans can’t figure out how men and women should coexist.
The novel is great fun. Probably the best I have read by McFadden.
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