Books by Laird Hunt
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review 1: Kind One by Laird Hunt is a disturbing book that eventually reveals the details behind the horrific domino-effect of abusive behaviors that scarred the life of most of these characters. The opening well scene haunts the entire book, reflecting the holes humans dig in their lives...
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review 1: I wanted to like this book more, I think the premise is interesting and it's obvious the author did her homework. But it was written in an old-fashioned style and I found myself reading a line more than once, trying to figure out what was said. There is so much unsaid in this sto...
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review 1: Laird Hunt has shown a fondness for fictional experiment & he has something of an expat’s background — lots of time abroad & fluency in French — but for his breakthrough as a novelist he’s come to rock-ribbed Americana. Indeed, he’s gone back in time, reimagining the Civil War as...