In the Lake of the Woods

I have to admit that I started In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien four times before I finally stayed with it to the end. Really that has more to do with its seriousness and intensity, and its unsettling ambiguity, than with any literary weakness. Even when I read it through it was very discomforting, and the memory lingers through these days of the VT shooting incident. Maybe O'Brien is right that there not only are no easy answers, there are no answers at all. ***
Lots of Reader reviews at Amazon, and a reading group guide at the publisher's website.