Waiting for Selinsky
In Review
The Line
Penguin
In the opening sequence of Olga Grushin's novel The Line, a respectable middle-school literature teacher approaches an old man in front of a kiosk with an innocent question: "What are they selling?" The old man's answer is haunting: "What would you like?"
"I'm sorry?"
"They are selling . . . whatever you would most like to have. What would you like?"
