Just finished Suspects, a novel by film critic David Thompson.
It’s not well-known, but it’s brilliant if you’ve a patient mind. The book is in the form of a series of interconnected fictional capsule biographies (3 adjectives!!) of film characters. It begins with Jake Gittes, of Chinatown, ends with George Bailey, and in the arc between perfectly describes a view of America as a giant dysfunctional family.
Not only a fun read, but my Netflix queue just got filled waay up.