BookCourt
163 Court St
718.875.3677
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Thursday Jan 19 (7pm)
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“Ben Marcus is one of our most linguistically fearless writers. It's clear he loves words. Yet in his new novel, The Flame Alphabet, language literally kills. An epidemic sweeps the country as children speak a toxic language that forces parents to go into hiding and seek escape from their childrens' poisonous words. It's also something of a first for Marcus whose earlier books, like Notable American Women and The Age of Wire and String, eschewed conventional narrative structure in favor of pushing the linguistic envelope. Here, Marcus delivers a story that is as horrific and mesmerizing as the dramatic arrangement of his sentences. Come hear the author read from his new work and pick up a copy for your own thrilling and non-toxic enjoyment.”
Rozalia Jovanovic, Flavorpill
