Jonathan Franzen has written a theological soap opera. “Crossroads,” his latest novel, features the family of Associate Pastor Russ Hildebrandt who ministers at the First Reform Church in New Prospect,
A multigenerational saga about a Midwestern family, Crossroads is like most of Franzen novels with one exception: Every plotline leads to the big guy himself.
FICTION: Religious idealism confronts a fractured family in Jonathan Franzen s sprawling new novel. "Crossroads" by Jonathan Franzen; Farrar, Straus & Giroux (592 pages, $28) ——— Even with God on their