Miles Away from Charming: A Review of country People

A move to Vermont, an unfinished PhD, a possible affair with a hot ski instructor, and a grown man who thinks his life is a fairy tale. Daniel Mason's On Country People promised quirky small-town charm. Instead, it delivered Miles, a protagonist with the energy of a former theater kid who still does Jim Carrey impressions at parties. Unfortunately, the real blizzard was my patience wearing thin.