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Mark Pritchard's avatar

"Last Date in Zapotal" by Mateo García Elizondo uses a similar conceit. The narrator is a junkie who goes to a tiny town to die when his last a bit of supply runs out. There he meets a wide range of characters, many of whom, he says, could actually be dead, or not. Only by the end of the book, does the reader realize that the neater has already died about halfway through.

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Mark Pritchard's avatar

*narrator

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Bucky Sinister's avatar

This sounds perfect for me! Thank you

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A. Razor's avatar

Playing with the perspective was what I always enjoyed about DJs work…

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ML Heath's avatar

Nice to know someone else read Encyc Brown books as a kid. Don't get me started on Beverley Cleary's books, which knowingly or not featured the first transboy in YA lit.

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Stephen T. Brophy's avatar

Complete tangent, but on Saturday, before reading this, I randomly learned that the actor who plays Bullseye on Daredevil: Born Again, Wilson Bethel (great name, and he's also really good in the role, though I know you'll never watch and I respect that!) is the son of Joyce Maynard, author of To Die For and longtime May/December lover of Mr. Salinger.

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