RaveLos Angeles Review of BooksIn Big Swiss, trauma and sexual obsession intertwine to create a sprawling and delightful mess ... The novel offers a satirical take on our therapy-obsessed culture, our need to prescribe meaning and labels to every banal event in our lives ... Beagin’s witty and tender rendering of Greta keeps the reader rooting for her, even when Greta begs to be abandoned ... For all the discussions of trauma and anxiety, Beagin’s novel is satisfyingly dirty — and perhaps a little deranged. I mean this as a compliment.
