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Skeletons in the Closet by Jean-Patrick Manchette

My rating: 1 of 5 stars


I opened this book. I read a page, and then I read some more pages. Then I ate dinner. It's cold outside. Someone knocked on my door. Then I answered the door. They were wearing a purple coat. They seemed angry. I'm wearing a tie. Suddenly their head exploded.

If you find this sort of matter-of-fact, bland, halting, devoid of vocabulary, basic writing interesting, then this book is for you. If I didn't know it was originally published in 1976, I would surely accuse this book of being written by the worst AI program ever.

Honestly, one of the most poorly written books I have ever read. I'm dumbfounded as to why this is a NYRB Book Club selection.



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