Minimal Damage: Stories of Veterans Book

Where to begin...I am an ardent fan of the original Anna Karenina, written by Tolstoy who can deftly balance tragedy and simple beauty without coming off as maudlin or overwrought. The idea of bringing Anna into modern day New York was very interesting to me, and I was excited to see how Irena did this. It turned out to be a cute book, a quick read, a good "book for the time being until something really good turned up". Not one of the characters were likeable, they were all horrible twittering dopes. The Lev character, who was based very loosely on Levin, was a galoot who fancied himself cerebral because he would hide in theaters watching French films for hours at a time, he had no true redeeming qualities. I was sort of glad to be finished with the book.