It was no slander. The truly astonishing matters that Handke has accomplished in the world of writing — which few if any of his reviewers either understand, enumerate or or mention — ought to provide him with special standing in the world of the logos. Conceived of and started before the pandemic, this novel is a particularly relevant read in our current historical moment. An ugly and true recollection of the sweaty abject reality of a hangover. And Quiet Creature on the Corner is organized, it is a body—but one in which much of the connective tissue has been extricated from the viscera.
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