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Deadpan

by Ben Linder

In the satirical novel "Deadpan", a surreal case of mistaken identity sparks a twisting tour through celebrity idolatry and antisemitic resentment. In Richard Walter’s humorous novel "Deadpan", a small-town car salesman blinks and... Read More

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The Equity of Love

by Kelley Lynne Moncrief

Treating the early 2000s with nostalgia, "The Equity of Love" is an intriguing novel set in the high-stakes world of technology companies. In Marcus LaPierre’s nuanced contemporary novel "The Equity of Love", miscommunications in... Read More

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The Riverbed

by Natalie Marino

In Stefan Mattessich’s fantastical novel "The Riverbed", an isolated teenager encounters a troubled friend’s fantasy world and learns to accept his own strangeness. After a move to Orange, California, Fox is feeling solitary, knowing... Read More

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Presence

by Michele Sharpe

In Brenda Iijima’s multilayered science fiction novel "Presence", interspecies and interdimensional communication is transcendent. On toxic Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay, people from different chronological dimensions coexist,... Read More

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Trondheim

by Elaine Chiew

A crisis exposes faultlines in a marriage in Cormac James’s whipsmart, lyrical novel "Trondheim". In the winter, Trondheim ought to be magical, but to Lil and Alba, who are in the grip of a family emergency, it reads as surreal.... Read More

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Love Novel

by Suzanne Kamata

Ivana Sajko’s "Love Novel" plunges into the difficulties that occur after a couple without means gives in to desire. The story is told from the points-of-view of an unnamed man and woman living in an unnamed city and country. The man,... Read More

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