BookPeople Review: TRIBURBIA by Karl Taro Greenfeld

Book: Triburbia by Karl Taro Greenfeld
Reviewed by: Spencer

Triburbia is easily my favorite book of the year. Told through a series of vignettes, Karl Taro Greenfeld slowly weaves multiple stories into a single, cohesive stream. The writing is masterful, strong, tight as a drum, and keeps the reader glued to the page to the very end. Each story is told from the perspective of various residents of Tribeca, each of whom desperately attempts to cope with their loss of identity, the gentrification of their formerly bohemian neighborhood, and the disintegration of their family units and careers. The novel truly comes into its own once the reader begins to pieces together the puzzle, and the interconnectedness of the characters becomes more and more apparent with each and every page. Greenfeld’s writing style is fascinating, as if each character typed the pages themselves, and his use of scandal will surely appeal to our contemporary appetite for mayhem.

Triburbia reads almost as if it were a novelistic biopic, telling the story of the people who formed and shaped Tribeca as we know it. Greenfeld is sure to receive much praise and many awards for his terrific debut novel. I only hope that we see the next one soon..

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