Jeremy Gordon Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Jeremy Gordon

Highly recommend Roque Larraquy's COMEMADRE, a hilarious, unsettling novella that evokes Bolaño and body horror — I read it in two sittings, cackled constantly, was both inspired by and left with a slight depression about how good other people's writing can be

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The book sounds really interesting but kind of a funny way to downplay the fact that your grandfather was the prime minister of France https://t.co/YHSjW6FOo8 https://t.co/yCPzC4Ic1X

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Her journey takes many surreal twists: Ghosts are involved, as is a bizarre California cult and--because this is a Clowes story, where doom is never far off--the literal apocalypse... the more time I spent with Monica, the more I felt moved by the emotional ambition of its decades-long narrative.

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Harry Mathews’ Cigarettes, amazing novel about mid-century perverts

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In The Years, Annie Ernaux makes a reference to teenagers playing the PlayStation in the '80s... this is why every novel should be fact-checked by gamers

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A wonderful book about how hanging out in Belfast with your old friends makes for the best time — but in all seriousness, if you’ve ever enjoyed @RachelConnoll14’s perceptive and witty writing, you simply must order her debut novel LAZY CITY https://t.co/nAMD7yg6vV

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The five best books I read this year (unranked): Benjamin Labatut - When We Cease to Understand the World Fleur Jaeggy - Sweet Days of Discipline Lena Andersson - Willful Disregard Jose Emilio Pacheco - Battles in the Desert Vigdis Hjorth - Will and Testament

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I wrote about Chuck Klosterman and his latest book THE NINETIES for @thenation https://t.co/uhUjOj2pT6

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A very happy book release day to my dear friend Drew — HOW GOLF CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE blew me away with its humor, insight, and thoughtfulness. It's a must-read if you 1) have ever had a passing thought about golf 2) have enjoyed Drew's writing in the past 3) are a living human https://t.co/8aWWWAqtnN

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Reading Fleur Jaeggy's Sweet Days of Discipline, what a banger... plz recommend your favorite ~100-page translated novellas