This really took me by surprise. Incredibly funny, in a way so unique to its horror and its political and familial commentary, that it feels almost illegal to laugh but also impossible not to. A marvelous portrait of juvenilia and madness, thick with a mania unlike anything I’ve read before.
The Tyranny of Flies by Elaine Vilar Madruga, (List Price: $18.99, HarperVia, 9780063330733, June 2024)
Reviewed by Emily Tarr, Thank You Books in Birmingham, Alabama