Pessl's maelstrom of a story starts with a reclusive film director and his daughter, an apparent suicide, but quickly expands from a seemingly straightforward mystery into a densely byzantine yet hypnotically compelling exploration of truth and illusion. (booklistonline.com)
As both book and film, The Human Stain comes to vividest life in its extended flashbacks, which offer the most compelling exploration of Roth's perennial themes of self - loathing and reinvention. (metacritic.com)
Hollywoodland is a uniquely compelling exploration of fame and identity, inspired by one of Hollywood's most infamous real - life mysteries. (metacritic.com)