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Reviewed on November 1, 2021 | Classic Returns
Aptly credited as the first surrealist novel in English, this 1926 absurdist crime/sci-fi pastiche by New Yorker art critic Coates (1897–1973) stands out even among other iconoclastic works midwifed by Gertrude Stein. After a curiously impressionistic opening sequence, readers dive headlong into the weirdest of Weird Tales, as young Charl...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
