Thomas O'Malley: This Magnificent Desolation [2013] paperback ZRELI but from the faint tan

but from the faint tan lines on the ravaged body

the author raises questions about the nature of art

Excellent read

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Thomas O'Malley: This Magnificent Desolation [2013] paperback ZRELI but from the faint tanA heart breaking, staggering, soaring novel about war, music, loneliness and the redemptive power of the imagination Duncan's entire world is the orphanage where he lives, a solitary outpost in the snowy expanse of northern Minnesota. Aged ten in 1980, he has no memories of his life before now, but he has stories that he recites like prayers: the story of how his mother brought him here during the worst blizzard of the century; the story of how God