Would love a character-centered book that explores a specific (niche!) career or personality! Some examples include *An Object of Beauty* (cutthroat art dealer in competitive NYC art world of the 90s), *My Year of Rest and Relaxation* (burnt out? depressed? alienated? very rich and beautiful young woman suffering in indulgence), *Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise, Matrix* (a queer-ish medieval nun, her relationship to religion and her sisters, and her path between glory and deluded grandeur)
I also love investigative journalism-type pieces that focus on a specific person or industry!
by onlinegranger