Letter of Recommendation: The Changeling

The minute I opened The Changeling, I was furious I hadn’t known about it sooner. I was in love.

I have a few books that I turn to often in desperation. My words have dried up, or I cannot solve a plot problem, and I reach for these books I know will astound me on every read, whose paragraphs are underlined twice. I trust these books because they mesmerize me, because I am often left slack-jawed by a phrase or a plot decision or the construction of…