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Before you flip through this book in search of hints on whether or not you might
like it, please keep the following in mind: do not expect the ordinary. This is a
slim novel, a quick read of not too many pages and plenty of white space, but it
revels in escaping convention, in an abundance of the unusual and bizarre, and
in confronting the dark and shocking corners of life that are difficult to look
at head on. The story is about two men named Henry. One is a failing writer, and
one is a taxidermist who has written a play. Inside that story is another story,
about a donkey and a monkey, stolen straight from the taxidermist’s play. The
stories bounce off each other, get tangled, and drag you (by force of
immaculate, beautiful writing – Martel offers words and metaphors that slice you
open and make you bleed recognition) right into the heart of the world they
create. --Megan Kurashige |
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