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Introduced by Hilton Als, in 'one of the best novels about adolescence in American literature' (New York Times) two siblings come of age in a mountainous wilderness ...

'One of the strangest and angriest novels of the twentieth century.' Lauren Groff
'An extraordinary, savage novel.' Olivia Laing
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The foreboding mood clasped me strongly the first time around, and the book is calling out to me to read it again.

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