This week, we continue our spookily-seasonal unit on David Sodergren’s The Haar. What is the role of memory in a story preoccupied with bodies? How is identity constructed? Is this book the first recorded instance of Cosy Gore?
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Next week, we conclude David Sodergren’s The Haar, live on Patreon on Thursday, October 9th at 9PM Central Time.
Footnotes:
- The Haar
- You’ve Been Trumped (2011)
- Trump International Golf Links, Scotland
- Haggis Wildlife Foundation
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