Days of Feasting and Rejoicing, by David Bergen (Goose Lane Editions) Don't @ me, but somehow this was my first time reading the award-winning, critically-acclaimed Bergen—late to the party, I know, but it was still a very good place to start. Days of Feasting and Rejoicing is a Highsmith-inspired tale from the perspective of Esther, an American traveller living in Thailand who visits Bali with a friend, and is the only one of the pair to return home.