Samuel Anderson-Andreson hasnt seen his mother in decades. Then, there she is on the internet, in a viral video throwing rocks at a conservative politician who is suddenly a presidential frontrunner. An epic, hilarious, topical, and touching debut about a son, the mother who left him as a child, and how his search to uncover the secrets of her life leads him to reclaim his own.
Impressive that a debutant, Nathan Hill, with his scintillating The Nix has given us a character who comes close to out-Trumping Trump . . . Just one of the many pleasures of this engaging story of a mother and son whose private travails become front-page news. New Year Highlights Observer