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Review: Deacon King Kong by James McBride

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: The funny, sharp, and surprising story of the shooting of a Brooklyn drug dealer and the people who witnessed it—from James McBride, author of the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird In September 1969, … Continue reading

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Review: History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund

Buy it here: Bookshop Amazon Synopsis: Fourteen-year-old Madeline lives with her parents in the beautiful, austere woods of northern Minnesota, where their nearly abandoned commune stands as a last vestige of a lost counter-culture world. Isolated at home and an … Continue reading

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Review: Simantov by Asaf Ashery

Buy here: Bookshop Angry Robot website Synopsis: Women disappear from streets, clubs, and rooftops leaving the police dazed and confused. The mystical Soothsayer Task Force must use their special skills to divine the truth and solve the mystery. Detectives Simantov … Continue reading

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Review: The Mud Ballad by Jo Quenell

Buy it here: Weird Punk Books Synopsis: In a dying railroad town, a conjoined twin wallows in purgatory for the murder of his brother. A disgraced surgeon goes to desperate ends to reconnect with his lost love. When redemption comes … Continue reading

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Review: Kanye West – Reanimator by Joshua Chaplinsky and H.P. Lovecraft

Synopsis Of Kanye West, who was my friend in college and after he dropped out, I can speak only with extreme sadness… So begins this epic cautionary tale of ambition and hubris. A bizarre mix of Lovecraft and hip-hop history, … Continue reading

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