The Visible Man

The Visible Man (2011) by Chuck Klosterman. There are many ways to approach a novel on this subject -- someone who can achieve effective invisibility. Klosterman has chosen to tell it from the point of view of a therapist, who takes on the "invisible man" as a client. He is not invisible, he insists. He is cloaked, wearing a special suit that bends light. He (whom she calls Y___) uses his cloaking ability to invade people's homes and observe them. The story becomes disturbing when he starts invading his therapist's home and spying on her and her husband. But Klosterman fails to do anything really original with this genre, and although the book is easy to read, on an interesting subject, it ultimately has little to say. Grade: B