I liked this novel. It's inventive and I could see going back to it again. I just got on a Charles Portis kick.
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I used to be a librarian, now I'm a software developer. My reading interests tend to be in nonfiction. I'm really interested in anthropology, indigenous studies (particularly American), anarchism, and social justice. Some of my favorites are James Baldwin, David Graeber, and Cometbus. thneed@mstdn.social
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Brendan started reading No One Left to Come Looking for You by Sam Lipsyte
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Brendan finished reading The Dog of the South by Charles Portis
The funniest book I have ever read, indubitably. I laughed out loud while reading CONTINUOUSLY. Absolutely genius and Bob Odenkirk is the ideal person for a blurb on the cover. I could see Bob and David doing a movie adaptation. Can't recommend highly enough. I'm going to gift this often.
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Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraqib
“I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too.” Inspired by these few …
Brendan finished reading Liberation Day by George Saunders
This is as good as anything Saunders has ever written. The titular story is absolutely amazing and has shades of Severance the TV show. Love letter, a story from my grandfather to his grandson in an eerily similar world to our own, is better and more powerful on a second read. I loved every minute of this book and can't recommend it enough. Saunders truly is a voice for our times.
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The opening titular story is absolutely mind blowing. Reminds me a lot of the great TV show Severance in that there is an aspect of memory severance. I’m going to write a more full examination of it but I’m already thrilled that Saunders has returned to his more speculative fiction like short story writing. Lincoln on the Bardo just didn’t work for me, but this work is more in the vein 10th of December.
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Brendan rated The Dawn of Everything: 5 stars

The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber, David Wengrow
For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike--either free and equal innocents, or thuggish and warlike. …