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Title: dark and strange
Review: This dark, strange novel has turned me into a huge fan of the author's work. If the book were just gritty and savage, it wouldn't be nearly as powerful, but it's also poignant. That's what kills you. Imagine one of the great noir novels -- something by Hammett or Thompson -- written from a woman's point of view, with a whole world of emotional reality potently evoked.Devastating.Plus there are these stray moments of (mostly heartrending) tenderness, even (at long last) the barest glimmer of hope. Kasischke is absolutely brilliant.
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