Bock's "Beautiful Children," 11 years in the making, hit shelves a few weeks ago, and has gotten the rare Times treatment of a glowing review and Sunday Magazine profile. Needless to say, anonymous online commenters are mad about it.
Editorial note: Whoa! You've found a super-old post here on BuzzFeed, from an earlier era of the site. It doesn't really represent where we are anymore, and may in fact be totally broken, but we're leaving it up as a part of our early history.