The Lazarus Project

I just finished reading "The Lazarus Project" by Aleksandar Hemon. I was really drawn into this novel, which is the story of a Bosnian immigrant in Chicago researching the 1908 killing of Lazarus Averbuch by the Chicago chief of police. Hemon jumps from trying to get the facts straight of this historical event, which still remains shady to the day, to the story of the Bosnian writer going back to Europe to research Averbuch's life. There, he instead struggles with his own identity as a Bosnian immigrant in the United States. While the story does not always smoothly jump from one to another, both stories held their own in keeping me intrigued. In fact, I read this in two sittings. I started it while not being able to sleep while I was visiting my friend Cameron. I was afraid that if I fell asleep on his couch, his weird roommate might have tried to snuggle with me. Then I finished it while my airplane was sitting on the runway for an hour waiting for takeoff. Then I was shit out of luck for the rest of the plane ride.