The Nix Review
The Nix (2017) written by Nathan Hill is 732 pages of sheer entertainment. It’s written in ten sections combining two significant years 1968 and 2011 to bridge the gap in politics and culture in the twenty first and one half century. Interestingly, published in 2017, but written with years of 1968 and 2011 in mind, it seems like the politics in 2022 is just the same it was 11 years ago. Perhaps, 2011 politics exploited politics in 2022 which has exasperated counterculture, tragedies, technology, culture, customs, and exposure to ideologies that were just a mere thought in 1968. Nonetheless, everyone in every decade or era has a story to tell, and Hill’s is The Nix. Samuel Andresen-Anderson, an assistance English professor and writer, is in search of his mother who abandoned him as a child because she is in some trouble with the law and need’s Samuel’s help. Hill takes his readers’ on an epic journey detailing Samuel’s frustrations with his teaching career with students who