David Varno Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

David Varno

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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Yesterday by Juan Emar is refreshingly weird and Megan McDowell's translation is brilliant. https://t.co/YDnZ2dc6rV 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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Grateful for the chance to write about KIBOGO by Scholastique Mukasonga for @wwborders. Thanks to @adalva for the smart edits. Also, very much looking forward to moderating a talk with the author and Vladimir Sorokin at the @BKBF. Hope to see you there! https://t.co/LXRiwrFSf2

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This was a special night, with Philip Roth honored by the NBCC back in 2011. He read at length from 'Patrimony,' and afterwards I was moved to read everything. His books are an incredible journey. @bookcritics @janeciab https://t.co/DVWALOsV67 https://t.co/eUCet6yOQd

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Recently, after three beers, I said I've read all of Roberto Bolaño's books. Two days later, one of the people I was with texted, "Ok but have you read “the spirit of science fiction”?

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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