Groff’s way of illustrating a story about an idyllic marriage is to tell it from two very different perspectives, making Fates and Furies not only smart, but endlessly surprising. And you also meet Mathilde, his cunning wife with an elusive past that shockingly unfolds as soon as you finish Part 1. In Fates and Furies, you meet Lotto, an aspiring actor who calls his mother “Muvva,” and can recite an entire Shakespeare play by heart. Protagonist Evelyn Beegan’s journey from first to last page will make you cringe, as she maxes out all of her credit cards, uses sex as strategy, and loses herself completely. Kleeman’s debut is scary good, and smart as hell.Ī modern-day House of Mirth, Stephanie Clifford captures the glitzy world of Manhattan’s elite and the interloper who wishes to belong in it -no matter the cost. Surreal, weirdly funny, and disturbingly beautiful, You Can Have a Body Like Mine is about American consumption, commodity fetishism at its most awful, and what exactly is expected of the modern woman. You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine by Alexandra Kleeman
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