The Visible Man by Chuck Klosterman

I'm a big fan on Chuck Klosterman's work, so I was excited to learn that he had a new novel out,
"The Visible Man."

Klosterman mostly writes nonfiction, magazine articles, and essays. He's primarily recognized for his witty writing on American pop culture.

I have read all his books and a handful of his magazine articles over the years.

Despite not entirely enjoying his last book, "Eating the Dinosaur" and finding his first novel, "Downtown Owl: A Novel" OK. I was a little worried I might be disappointed by this book, but wanted to read it regardless because I really like Klosterman's work.

The book focuses on a licensed therapist and her relationship with a patient referred to only as Y__.

Y__ was allegedly a scientists for a defunct research project that created a suit and cream solution to make people practically invisible. He then used the special suit and chemical to essentially break into people's homes and observe them while they were alone.

The book had a lot of the themes Klosterman has touched on in his previous books (nonfiction and fiction) such as voyeurism, drug use, pop culture, music, and life fulfillment.

Some of the observations about watching people alone in their homes reminded me of a story from one of Klosterman's other books (unfortunately I don't remember which one) where talks about having a neighbor who never closed her blinds/curtains and how he became enthralled with sitting on his couch watching this neighbor in her apartment unbeknown to her.

Overall, I enjoyed the book. It was interesting and there were a number of odd plot developments that kept me wanting to read it, but it wasn't so enthralling that I wished I had bought the book instead of getting it from the local public library.

It was no "Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs," but it was great read for any Klosterman fan or anyone that loves odd genre defying fiction.