false 497819 0060743921 9780060743925 180 58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175258279m/497819.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/497819.Black_Juice 277536 Margo Lanagan 1349 530 4 0 false Sat Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 19:35:32 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 20:53:51 -0700 2009
The speculative elements of this are absolutely uncompromising. Nothing is explained; there's no exposition; you learn only just enough to follow what's going on (and occasionally not even that). On the whole, I liked this effect, the worlds and cultures unfolding like characters. Sometimes I just felt like I was missing that one bit of information that would have made the whole thing make sense.

My favorite stories: "Singing My Sister Down," "My Lord's Man," "Earthly Uses," and "Yowlinin" (though I want the author to explain to me why it was necessary to change the spelling of 'monkey' to 'munkee').]]>