
256 pages
published by Milkweed Editions
Pretty much every review of this novel I've read (professional and otherwise) has had two things in common: they (1) have no idea what is really going on plot wise and (2) this doesn't really bother them. I second that motion. I had a tenuous grasp of the happenings from page to page and by the end, surprisingly, I didn't really mind that I was lost in this absurd, shrimp and gravel-filled world. Also, it's pretty darn funny. Also, the book jacket is a little "hip-young-adult-chick-lit", but that ain't her fault.
Kira is a "friend" of mine on Goodreads.com. So there is bias. Deal with it.
I read the review in the Believer and was excited to hear your take on it, but I'm afraid I don't have much to go on here by way of a decisive recommendation.
ReplyDeleteUm, I'd recommend it. Though it is rather...perplexing.
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