A Child Across the Sky
Author: Jonathan Carroll
Just as the the word “weird” has many implications and shades of meaning, so too does the latest–weird–work by this gifted and perplexing writer. As Carroll ( Bones of the Moon ; Sleeping in Flame ) himself says, “Life has a habit of turning dark corners.” Applied here, this observation seems an understatement: these convoluted corners are both light and dark, are many,….Read More
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