The Ice Storm

Blurb:

The year is 1973. As a freak winter storm bears down on an exclusive, affluent suburb in Connecticut, cars skid out of control, men and women swap partners, and their children experiment with sex, drugs, and even suicide. Here two families, the Hoods and the Williamses, come face-to-face with the seething emotions behind the well-clipped lawns of their lives – in a novel widely hailed as a funny, acerbic, and moving hymn to a dazed and confused era of American life.

My Take:

As the blurb states, this novel has a little of everything: sex, drugs, suicide, wife swapping, and tragedy. The 1970s were clearly a time of disappearing inhibitions. The author manages to encapsulate that wild and crazy decade into a compelling story featuring two families. Rick Moody’s brush strokes are magnificent, painting vivid images of family dysfunction. A solid piece of writing.

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