A review by indiealtpdx
Blackouts by Justin Torres

4.0

Haven’t read something that deconstructs and reconstructs storytelling in this way since Machado’s In the Dream House. Not even sure how to classify it. Is it an autobiography? A historical book? A screenplay? A novel? A collection of poetry? Or all of the above? Justin Torres insists “Blackouts is a work of fiction”, and perhaps that is the best descriptor, as it allows the story to live its many truths and untruths freely