*Molly*

That is the new book by Blake Butler, a memoir.  It is no spoiler to tell you that his wife Molly takes her own life at a young age.  I don’t know of any better argument for social conservatism than this book.  And perhaps suicide should be regarded as a sin, not something to get sentimental about on Twitter.  There is so much depravity in this book, at so many different levels.  There is the decline of a whole civilization in this book.  Here is a good New Yorker review by Alexandra Schwarz.