Matt Bucher
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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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