Almost no one likes Claire DeWitt, the antiheroine of Sara Gran's mystery series. That included me, when I first started reading the book. Gran's sharp-edged, fast-cut descriptions of tragic, drowned New Orleans are hard to bear. But I persevered because Claire's drug-addled insights, the "Silettian" philosophy espoused in the text, and Gran's mischievous and disturbing magic realism became increasingly compelling. I'm glad I finished the book. It was sad, beautiful and harsh, and it was also well worth reading.
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Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead