Pitch Dark (NYRB Classics)
The long love affair ending, ended, or maybe not, seeps into narrative cracks, sounds a medley of stuttering refrains.... Thefaits diversinPitch Darkfrequently end on these plangent, mournful notes of heartbreak….scenes depicting Kate and her lover, Jake—at night, for instance, after leaving a party, with Jake’s wife also in the car—are brilliant.   —Gary Indiana