Nice to hear from you! It's been a while. Hope all is well in your world... :)

I was so glad to discover Mary Renault, and no sooner did I start reading here than I wonder why I wasn't reading her 15 or 20 years ago--I would have loved her when I was a teenager! Of course, I can still enjoy her now. Despite the fact that George Saunders seems to be getting more widespread attention for Tenth of December than for anything else he's written, it's not a big departure from his usual mode. So if he's not your style, you may not enjoy this one either.