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Biography of X by Catherine Lacey

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A grieving writer attempts to write the biography of her recently deceased enigmatic wife X.

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Chiara

Chiara

“Obsessed with this book and really enjoyed listening to interviews with the author after I finished reading it - one of my recent faves”

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Henry

Henry

“You can tell Catherine Lacey writes in a sort of delirium - this widow’s quest to make sense of the many identities of her late wife strains credulity and yet is clearly rooted in the author’s own compilation of life’s many heartbreaks. This is what fiction does best: it builds an entirely new world all in service of a feeling.”

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Emily Shen

Emily Shen

“Love mediated through text”

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