American Genius by Lynne Tillman Groundswell Speaker 2024 ‘Darkly funny

‘Darkly funny

rigged trials and the greatest network of informers it has ever seen

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'Radiant and brilliantly crafted' New York Times

American Genius by Lynne Tillman Groundswell Speaker 2024 ‘Darkly funnyA former historian is spending time in a residential home but is it an artists retreat, a sanatorium, or a psychiatric hospital? In hypnotic and digressive prose, Tillman's narrator spins tales of her life while ruminating on her many and varied preoccupations: chair design, the Manson family, the Zulu alphabet, the death of a pet, family trauma, loneliness and above all, skin and the meaning of 'sensitivity' in contemporary society. Meanwhile, these