The Taker And Other Stories by Rubem Fonseca
My rating: 4/5 cats
i swear, i am the queen of four stars cats lately. does that mean i just have very good instincts for picking books or am i just lazily rating? i feel like i have to write reviews now to defend my fourstarcat worldview (that will be a band name within a year)
so
these stories are brutal and frequently unexpected (with one glaring exception, which reads like a really dated twilight zone episode) and sometimes incomprehensible—characters behave erratically and seemingly without motive. and yet, it’s actually a strength of the stories because it highlights the instability of this modern rio and the clashings between criminals and victims, wealthy and poor. plus i love this new open letter publisher. cheap, pretty hardcover world lit.
one a month. genius.
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