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03/14/2024 12:00 AMParasol Against the Axe
by Helen Oyeyemi
Oyeyemi's books are a bit like Prague's paternoster elevators: rich in myth, racked with danger, and quite charming. Her imagination for the fantastic (golems, magic books, sexy mole-women) is matched by her vision for the endless kinks and configurations of human character. Read for pleasure and confusion (and book a ticket to Prague).
Nora, R.J. Julia Booksellers, Madison