THE ECHO MAKER, by Richard Powers

(originally posted on October 11, 2006)

Bar none, one of the best books I've read this year, possibly in many years. How a novel has such an ability to alter my thought processes, to give me a brief phantom glimpse into the Capgras syndrome that plagues Mark Schluter, and to make me see the world in an entirely new way both baffles and thrills me. THE ECHO MAKER is lightness and joy, despair and darkness, and every nuance in between.