A Different Drummer
by William Melvin Kelley
MADE-UP Phinney by Post #74
Like Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad, Kelley's novel (his debut, published in 1962 when he was 24) straps itself into the straitjacket of American racial history but leaves just enough roo... (Tom)
An Inventory of Losses
by Judith Schalansky
MADE-UP
What sort of book is this? Schalansky, a German writer and designer (she designed this starkly beautiful book), loves lists, and in part it is just what the title promises, a list of things that are n... (Tom)
Zorrie
by Laird Hunt
MADE-UP
Zorrie is a short novel about a full life. Not full in the usual way we think of for a character in fiction: travel, romances, adventure, public achievements. Zorrie Underwood's life, covering most of... (Tom)
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