Murders for Salvation in “Carnality” – Chicago Review of Books

Murders for Salvation in “Carnality” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Swedish writer Lina Wolff established herself as a literary master of the carnal long before releasing her latest novel, Carnality [Köttets tid (The Time of the Flesh)]. The English PEN Award-winning novel The Polyglot Lovers (2019), for instance, features a middle-aged Spanish man who moves between the bed of an octogenarian matriarch and the … Read more

Salvation Through Horror in “My Heart is a Chainsaw” – Chicago Review of Books

Salvation Through Horror in “My Heart is a Chainsaw” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] New York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones flashes his mastery of horror film history and raw teen angst in his novel, My Heart is a Chainsaw. Fresh off a double win at the Shirley Jackson Awards for his previous novel, The Only Good Indians, and novella, Night of the Mannequins, Jones lets his … Read more