![]() The version on bookstore shelves right now is significantly expanded and improved from the manuscript I critiqued, although the heart of the novel remains the same.Īll writers wear their influences on their sleeves, and an entire academic paper could be written about Edward Whittemore's novel Quin's Shanghai Circus infiltrating Veniss Underground, or how Angela Carter's approach to surrealistic fiction is imbued in the pages of City of Saints and Madmen. Since then, 25,000 words were added and another 20,000 were heavily revised. I offered critique and gave my opinions of the novel, some of which were taken to heart, and others that weren't. I first read Shriek: An Afterword more than two years ago in manuscript format as one of the author's first readers for the book. It has been difficult for me to even start this review of Jeff VanderMeer's remarkable new novel. ![]()
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