Brett Josef Grubisic Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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At the Edge of the Woods
Kathryn Bromwich
“Beware the woods, Bromwich’s exquisite tale whispers, their gifts are Trojan”: reviewing ‘At the Edge of the Woods’ by Kathryn Bromwich… https://t.co/OQfPvaYqk8
Hardcover, 2023
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Sleeping Car Porter
Suzette Mayr
An artfully constructed story that moves, beguiles, and satisfies.
Paperback, 2022
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Double Life of Benson Yu
Kevin Chong
"The novel’s formal dexterity ... is immersive and intriguing. Arguably, chapter by chapter, the technique offers diminishing returns": reviewing 'The Double Life of Benson Yu, by Kevin Chong... https://t.co/WoBsA3LjXj
Paperback, 2024
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The Other Valley
Scott Alexander Howard
Howard is accomplished and adept at plotting; he’s also fully conversant in time-travel lore, particularly when it overlaps with Murphy’s Law: “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” As imaginary places go, Howard’s time-bending region of conjoined valleys is a keeper.
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Any Other City
Hazel Jane Plante
Novel “relates the applause-worthy process of a soul overcoming restrictions” but “a reader with conventional expectations … might feel thwarted”: reviewing ‘Any Other City’ by Hazel Jane Plante… https://t.co/1cL41jbPGQ
Paperback, 2023
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Strange Loops
Liz Harmer
“For Harmer, author of 'The Amateurs', this second novel evolves into a chance to reflect darkly on familial bonds. And to study the human animal, here so capable and incapable all at once”: reviewing ‘Strange Loops’ by Liz Harmer… https://t.co/tfwqybjW6P
Paperback, 2024
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In the Upper Country
Kai Thomas
“A cerebral puzzle box of a Gothic-tinged historical novel [that] reimagines (and repopulates) rural Victorian Ontario ... and Canada’s roles in the slave trade”: reviewing ‘In the Upper Country’ by Kai Thomas… https://t.co/8keyMRrMrh
Paperback, 2024
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