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Pew
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Apr 09, 2020
bookshelves: theology-religions, read-via-netgalley, reviewed-bookbrowse, no-speech-marks, current-events, 2020-second-half
Lacey’s third novel is a mysterious fable about a stranger showing up in a Southern town in the week before an annual ritual. Pew’s narrator, homeless, mute and amnesiac, wakes up one Sunday in the middle of a church service, observing everything like an alien anthropologist. The stranger’s gender, race, and age are entirely unclear, so the Reverend suggests the name “Pew�. The drama over deciphering Pew’s identity plays out against the preparations for the enigmatic Forgiveness Festival and increasing unrest over racially motivated disappearances. Troubling but strangely compelling; recommended to fans of Shirley Jackson and Flannery O’Connor.
See my full review at . (See also on the history of church pews.)
See my full review at . (See also on the history of church pews.)
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December 17, 2019
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December 17, 2019
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December 17, 2019
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March 1, 2020
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March 1, 2020
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March 30, 2020
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March 31, 2020
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March 31, 2020
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April 9, 2020
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April 20, 2020
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2020-second-half
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Aug 03, 2020 05:19AM
I loved this mysterious fable, and your review reminds me I really should try Flannery O’Connor.
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Cecily wrote: "I loved this mysterious fable, and your review reminds me I really should try Flannery O’Connor."In all honesty, I've not read (or liked) much by O'Connor, but made the comparison for the Southern Gothic flavour.
Ah, right. Thanks for your honesty. Nevertheless, I should read some eventually.
The best of her stories (‘Everything that Rises Must Converge�, ‘A Good Man is Hard to Find�, ‘Parker’s Back�) and Wise Blood are very good indeed.
