The Reactive (21 page)
Authors: Masande Ntshanga
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| MIRA CORPORA * * “Style is pre-eminent in Jeff Jackson's eerie and enigmatic debut. The prose works like the expressionless masks worn by killers in horror films.” |
| NOG “A strange, singular book⦠somewhere between Psychedelic Superman and Samuel Beckett.” “The Novel of Bullshit is dead.” âThomas Pynchon “Nog |
| THE ORANGE EATS CREEPS * * * “Krilanovich's work will make you believe that new ways of storytelling are still emerging from the margins.” â |
| YOU ARE MY HEART AND OTHER STORIES “[Neugeboren] might not be as famous as some of his compeers, like Philip Roth or John Updike, but it's becoming increasingly harder to argue that he's any less talented⦠dazzlingly smart and deeply felt.” âMichael Schaub, |
| DAMASCUS “Damascus “Nails the atmosphere of a San Francisco still breathing in the smoke that lingers from the days of Jim Jones and Dan White.” |
| EROTOMANIA: A ROMANCE * * “Miller, Lawrence, and Genet stop by like proud ancestors.” Sex is familiar, but it's perennial, and Levy makes it fresh.” |
| I SMILE BACK * Now a major film starring Sarah Silverman & Josh Charles! “Powerful. Koppelman's instincts help her navigate these choppy waters with inventiveness and integrity.” “Koppelman explores with ruthless honesty a woman come undone.” |
| ANCIENT OCEANS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY * One of the Best Books of 2014 “Wonderful⦠Remarkable⦠it's impossible to stop reading until you've gone through each beautiful line, a beauty that infuses the whole novel, even in its darkest moments.” âNPR |
| THE PEOPLE WHO WATCHED HER PASS BY “Challenging [and] original⦠A billowy adventure of a book. In a book that supplies few answers, Bradfield's lavish eloquence is the presiding constant.” “Brave and unforgettable.” |
