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Burns’ women are food obsessed; her men are deformed; the relationships are—well—dysfunctional is a gentle word. Readers may not understand her tactics at the onset, but when they play along for a story or two, this strange, meandering path of suspended reality becomes irresistable. Burns unabashedly parades oddities before her readers, who are transported to an alien planet where the language is universal.
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Misfits and Other Heroes by Suzanne Burns
Ampersand Books, November 29, 2010
Burns’ women are food obsessed; her men are deformed; the relationships are—well—dysfunctional is a gentle word. Readers may not understand her tactics at the onset, but when they play along for a story or two, this strange, meandering path of suspended reality becomes irresistable. Burns unabashedly parades oddities before her readers, who are transported to an alien planet where the language is universal.Check out the full review at tinyurl.com/burnsreview