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Telephone by Percival Everett
5.0
dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

"Telephone" is a story about how one man confronts a life full of escalating grief and loss, and the choices he makes to find agency within that. It's a strange and specific and poignant book and, while deeply sad, I'd recommend it to almost anyone for its beauty, imagery, creative plot, and well-written characters.

This is the first Percival Everett novel I've read, and certainly won't be the last!

Note: I listened to the audiobook and found it slightly frustrated the way that the narrator mis-pronounced a couple of words.