Hari Kunzru is one of those rare authors who can write a potboiler that also has plenty to say. That's essentially what his new novel, My Revolutions, comes across as. You could read the whole thing and not give two shits about political history or social justice, and you'd still have a grand ol' time racing along behind his characters as they romp through London blowing stuff up.
But you'd be missing out, because like Kunzru's other novels, The Impressionist and Transmissions, My Revolutions is a pin-sharp take on individuals who spur change -- in this case, the players at the heart of the '60s culture wars. It reeks of realism (a lauditory quote on the book jacket from a member of the Weather Underground seems to confirm this), and makes you wonder if protest in the '60s was really the lovefest it's sometimes made out to be.
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