Wonderland

Wackos, weirdos, pathetic losers, self-deluded saps and out-and-out loons: Welcome to Levittown, pioneering suburban community. Everybody laughs at Levittown, with its neatly tended lawns and winding rows of identical, low-cost houses. John O'Hagan is no exception: His loosely structured look at the post war Long Island "dream town" (built in 1947 as a canny solution to New York City's housing crisis) invites us to snicker at the nutty obsessions of former residents and Levittown lifers. But smirking at people because they're (mostly) old and foolish seems a bit cheap and low, especially when they're all so cluelessly good-natured. Sure, the middle-aged lady natter...