We shouldn’t blame authors for the praise they receive from their fellow writers, and careful readers have long since come to understand that a fair amount of hyperbole goes into blurbs. Now, hold on a second - “ The Waves”? Virginia Woolf? “ The Interestings,” the new novel by Meg Wolitzer, arrives with an endorsement from the estimable author of “ The Marriage Plot” and “ Middlesex,” stating that, “Like Virginia Woolf in The Waves, Meg Wolitzer gives us the full picture here.” First, let’s get this out of the way: Exactly what was Jeffrey Eugenides trying to say?
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