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A Visit from the Goon Squad
Thirteen linked stories about Bennie, Sasha, and time beating like a goon.
2,136-word summary · 9 min read
literary fiction + pulitzer
4 books tagged both “literary fiction” and “pulitzer”.
The Nickel Boys
Idealist Elwood and skeptic Turner endure Nickel reform school beatings, ledgers, and graves.
2,023-word summary · 9 min read
Demon Copperhead
Born in a Lee County trailer, Damon Fields survives foster care, football fame, and opioid addiction in Appalachia.
2,447-word summary · 11 min read
Middlesex
Cal Stephanides traces three generations from Greece to Detroit to explain being intersex and becoming himself.
2,013-word summary · 9 min read