David Varno Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

David Varno

CROOK MANIFESTO is... a novel that I will be reading next year.

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The prose in 'A Tiny Upward Shove' by Melissa Chadburn is really something. It reminds me of Marlon James https://t.co/PPDcZqyHxl via @publisherswkly

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THE FURROWS! What an amazing and daring novel. Was so fun to read after Stranger Faces. It's like a mix of Vertigo, Remainder, and "Mind Playing Tricks On Me." Our reviewer at @PublishersWkly loved it, too. https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780593448915

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Revenge of the Scapegoat by Caren Beilin sounds like the satire of pastoral art enclaves that I need right now. https://t.co/A2SvlelkEr via @publisherswkly

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My Father’s Diet by Adrian Nathan West, a "coming-of-age body horror" about "late-blooming meatheads," definitely sounds like one for me https://t.co/g5aJ9ySfbV via @publisherswkly

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@cteicher Was really touched by 'See It Feelingly: Classic Novels, Autistic Readers, and the Schooling of a No-Good English Professor' by Ralph James Savarese, a few years back.

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RT @bookcritics: NBCC President @DavidVarno profiled Sarah Manguso for @PublishersWkly. Manguso's debut novel "Very Cold People" (Hogarth)…

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@blgtylr If we're being picky, would have to add that most of these books aren't "tiny." A tiny book is, like, Jen Bervin's Nets. Or The Little Prince.

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Its horror-moving opening is worthy of the Halloween on-sale date.... Somewhat like Lorrie Moore’s excellent recent novel I Am Homeless if This Is Not My Home (Knopf), which revolves around a snowy car crash, the narrator exits his doomed vehicle and enters a world of magic and dreams.

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Glad to have this conversation with Aaron Gwyn and @jon_mcgregor for @PublishersWkly about 'Lean Fall Stand.' It's a beautiful and ingenious survival narrative. https://t.co/kgFqXbtVaL