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The Antidote (Hardcover, Alfred A. Knopf) No rating

The Antidote opens on Black Sunday, as a historic dust storm ravages the fictional town …

Why should money make evil comprehensible to anyone? But it does precisely this. Greed, violence, cruelty— money can explain them. Money can make even the most heinous act seem like a sane one. A business decision, a necessary calculation. Evil’s genius is to costume itself as sense. The “reasonable choice.”

The Antidote (Page 58)

Patrick Somerville: The cradle (2009, Little, Brown)

Early one summer morning, Matthew Bishop kisses his still-sleeping wife Marissa, gets dressed and eases …

Okay

I read this because this is by the writer who adapted Station Eleven for TV (making it better than the original book by another author). It was pretty good. It’s no Station Eleven, but that’s a high bar.