Ten Novels That Begin in Joy and End in Elegy

(alphabetically by author)

 

  • The Mustache by Emmanuel Carrère

  • The Blood of the Lamb by Peter De Vries

  • The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys by Chris Fuhrman

  • The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold

  • I Served the King of England by Bohumil Hrabal

  • Ride a Cockhorse by Raymond Kennedy

  • How the Dead Dream by Lydia Millett

  • Golden Days by Carolyn See

  • Down the Rabbit Hole by Jun Pablo Villalobos

  • All Shall Be Well; and All Shall Be Well; and All Manner of Things Shall Be Well by Tod Wodicka

— January 22, 2022


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