nThe incredible breakout novel by one of the sharpest, funniest, most inventive writers of our time. n Who is Nell Zink? She claims to be an expatriate living in northeast Germany. Maybe she is; maybe she isnt. I dont know. I do know that this first novel arrives with a voice that is fully formed: mature, hilarious, terrifyingly intelligent, and wicked. The novel is about a bird-loving American couple that moves to Europe and becomes, basically, eco-terrorists. This is strange, and interesting, but in between is some writing about marriage, love, fidelity, Europe, and saving the earth that is as funny and as grown-up as anything Ive read in years. And there are some jokes in here that a young Don DeLillo would kill to have written. I hope he doesnt kill Nell Zink. (Keith Gessen)n