Review: WASPS IN THE ICE CREAM

"Coming of Age" is a well-done trope, and possibly "Coming of Age in the 1980s" is even more frequently attempted. But few accomplish it perfectly, in exquisite detail, as if the author had kept a daily detailed journal with every step taken, every event recorded. Not many of us can attain this level of recall; but Tim McGregor attains it maximally, and even for those readers who didn't grow up in these exact circumstances or in this decade, what these young folks endure is still vivified creatively and brought to vivid defined Life. WASPS IN THE ICE CREAM will surely be considered a masterpiece of this particular subgenre, as well as the equivalent of a cautionary Medieval Morality Play.