I am stymied by this book at every turn, the plot is not sequential, chronological or ... and I keep thinking, well what's going to happen next and do I really want to slog through this to get to the end? A trio of college friends in the early 1980s find themselves in a love triangle. Jeffrey Eugenides creates a new kind of contemporary love story in "his most powerful novel yet" (Newsweek). It doesn't help that the characters are dull either. This novel is asinine. In the opening of Jeffrey Eugenides’ novel “The Marriage Plot,” an English professor complains that contemporary life has been disastrous for the novel. Marriage Plot did not color the time it populated in my life. Quite an intellectual work which appeals to the academic and literary side of me (uni education). Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Brilliant, witty, and moving, all in one. The Forward welcomes reader comments in order to promote thoughtful discussion on issues of importance to the Jewish community. You remember that idea you had for a time machine? He titled this book. The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides, 9780007441303, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. My GR friends’ reviews are all over the place on this one. Eugenides, I'm afraid that I don't know enough about the old marriage plot novels (Austen, Elliot, James, etc.) ‘The Marriage Plot ‘tells of the romantic, sexual, philosophical, religious and literary coming togethers/going aparts of a literature student Madeleine Hanna, scientist Leonard Bankhead and theology student Mitchell Grammaticus at Brown University in 1982 America. Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2013. 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