![]() ![]() The Tsar of Love and Techno, Anthony Marra. Intriguing and beautifully written triller/fantasy/alt-history/steam-punk mashup based on Soviet Russia. Wolfhound Century Truth and Fear and Radiant State. One view of the other side of the Vietnam war. Atmospheric, oblique narration, post-War Eastern Europe. I’ve said before this guy should be the literary toast of the country. A native American girl and the woman she adores come of age through terrible tradeoffs? What is power? Authenticity? Extinction? What IS an endangered species?Īny Deadly Thing, Roy Kesey. ![]() Morgan goes for it and writes an old-fashioned but updated Great American Novel that draws from but transcends Faulkner and the rest. Will it meet expectations? Be too ambitious and fail? Be more of the same and therefore be boring? Ha, again. After the exquisite gem of Morgan’s first novel, what did her readers expect? It’s always difficult to come out with the career-defining second book. In case you’re bored, here’s the best of what I read last year: Late again… But you were probably needing some books to read this summer. ![]()
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