Book guide
The Portable Veblen
An engagement, two dysfunctional families and one charismatic squirrel threaten to derail true love.
GenresLiterary
Genre and trope pairingsLiterarySelf-discoveryLiteraryDisabled repLiteraryDysfunctional familyLiterarySocial commentary
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About The Portable Veblen
Veblen and her fiancé Paul are approaching marriage from very different worlds: she is an eccentric freelance translator with a difficult family, while he is an ambitious neurologist whose research pulls him toward money and the defence industry. As family tensions, career temptation and an oddly compelling squirrel intrude, their engagement begins to buckle under the pressure.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Balanced
- Pacing
- Fast
Content warnings
- mental illness
- family dysfunction
- animal experimentation
- medical experimentation
