THE DRIVER’S SEAT, MURIEL SPARK
a little gutshot of a book. macabre, hilarious, and harrowing, it’ll stay with you far longer than the time it takes to read bonus rec: the 1974 film adaptation with elizabeth taylor
A REAL ANIMAL, EMELINE ATWOOD
A REAL ANIMAL begins with a young woman in a tree, certain she’s become a leopard, and ends some ten years later. the intervening decade is a blaze of (un)becoming, feral and precarious, that captures the intricacies of trauma, intimacy, and fledgling adulthood with frightening vision. certain scenes from this book have stuck with me as if they were my own bad memories. 10/10 out july 7 from catapult books
MAKING YOUR OWN MERCH
making a hat for my debut novel was half the reason I wrote a book in the first place
THE WAX CHILD, OLGA RAVN
a book about the 17th century witch trials in denmark that’s narrated by a wax doll? say less. eerie, prescient, and impressively expansive for a book so small.
