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The Afterlife of Anecdotes: A Review of The Belan Deck (2023) by Matt Bucher
By Jay Innis Murray “An attempt to smuggle reality into anything, into a PowerPoint deck.” — The Belan Deck “Plotless. Characterless. Yet seducing the reader into turning pages nonetheless.” — David Markson, This Is Not a Novel The scaffolding of character and plot are here in The Belan Deck, but they can be summed up… Continue reading
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My Five Favorite Reads of the Year
My tracker tells me I started 70 books this year and finished 30. The 30 include several re-reads. The five books I’m recommending here are first time reads that I finished this year. So, no Solenoid for now, since I haven’t finished it yet. No Moby-Dick since I’ve read it before. No particular order here… Continue reading
About Talking Big
All posts by Jay Innis Murray.
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