The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 20th, 2003
Imaginative, witty approach takes hijacking to a new plane
By CATHERINE PARNELL Special to the Journal Sentinel
Sunday, July 20, 2003
The Effect of Living Backwards. By Heidi Julavits. Putnam. 320 pages. $23.95.
In these color-coded times, it takes cheek to write an irreverent novel about terrorism. But Heidi Julavits -- no stranger to edgy, dark topics -- takes liberties with conventional notions of hijacking and hostages, weaving humor in a zingy and brainy spectrum in her second novel, "The Effect of Living Backwards."
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