Huh! Did not expect to see Irwin Shaw on HN in a million years. Bread Upon the Waters is arguably his best work. Please give it a read if you have plenty of tim

Huh! Did not expect to see Irwin Shaw on HN in a million years. Bread Upon the Waters is arguably his best work. Please give it a read if you have plenty of time to kill. Very long & engrossing. Basically, its a novel-length version of rayiner's rants, but way more entertaining. You realize why family-first is good, individualism bad, what happens if you substitute material success for family stability, etc. etc. - old fashioned moralizing in a convincing package. Cast your Bread Upon the Waters, for you will find it after many days. Not.