Book Rec of the Day 1/28/2007

Novice novelist Pickett hit the jackpot when director Alexander Payne whipped up a cult classic movie based on his first novel. It’s a road trip-buddy story: Two old friends—one a loser, the other a cad—drive around Santa Barbara wine country for a week before the cad gets married. A wonderful, memorable ride about searching for one thing (the perfect pinot) and finding another (yourself). A light-bodied read with more texture than you might expect. To life!

SIDEWAYS, by Rex Pickett (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2004)