52 Books, Week 29: Bridges of San Luis Rey (i missed one)

Pulitzer Prize winning book about a series of coincidences in a small South American community.

Wikipedia: It tells the story of several unrelated people who happen to be on a bridge in Peru when it collapses, killing them. A friar who has witnessed the tragic accident then goes about inquiring into the lives of the victims, seeking some sort of cosmic answer to the question of why each had to die.

Philosophically, the book explores the problem of evil, or the question of why unfortunate events occur to people who seem "innocent" or "undeserving".

Generalist: The book is often described as a masterpiece, but I didn't think so. Unfairly, I'm comparing it to Gabriel Garcia Marquez' masterpiece 100 Years of Solitutde, which may explain my response. Make no mistake, this wasn't a bad book. I just didn't think it was a great one.