The wasties
Original title: The Wasties
first published 2002 Pantheon Books, 2002 229 pages
"In The Wasties, Reuss gives us the story of Michael "Caruso" Taylor, a man who has lost his ability to speak and is gradually reverting to infancy. All of his most intimate relationships are redefined: His wife, Gina, must assume the role of mother; his day nurse becomes his nanny; and "Caruso" is reduced to drinking tomato juice through sippy straws and observing the world from a radically skewed perspective. Once...
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