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A review by merricatct
And the Ass Saw the Angel by Nick Cave
5.0
This book was a total reading experience, wow. If you made a Venn diagram of The Wasp Factory, The Painted Bird, and A Clockwork Orange, this book would be right smack in the middle. So, yeah, that's your warning about what to expect.
I literally had a dictionary next to me as I read, and I learned so many great new words! The language and the craftsmanship of the writing was just incredible. The main star of this was the atmosphere - the characters and story are smaller players on the much larger stage, and that stage is the real reason we're here. I don't know how much I liked this, but at the same time, I completely loved it. So glad I read it.
I literally had a dictionary next to me as I read, and I learned so many great new words! The language and the craftsmanship of the writing was just incredible. The main star of this was the atmosphere - the characters and story are smaller players on the much larger stage, and that stage is the real reason we're here. I don't know how much I liked this, but at the same time, I completely loved it. So glad I read it.