ALL FOURS
Miranda July
(Canongate, $36.99) is out on May 21.
The unnamed, 45-year-old narrator of Miranda July's second novel is, in her own words, "a bit of a public figure". Without going into "tedious specifics", she asks us to "picture a woman who had success in several mediums at a young age and has continued very steadily". Working on her never explained projects in a converted garage, she lives with her husband Harris and their son Sam, always referred to as they/them.
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