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Book Review All That Man Is by David Szalay

Why We PickedIt

  • Fans of DavidSzalay
  • His ability to capture the look and feel of present-day London
  • Interested to see how this work, comprised of short stories, compared to Szalays other recentwriting

What WeThought

  • Excellent, not disappointed
  • Brutal realism that is at times tough to stomach, but never question whether the stories are plausible
  • Great cadence in hiswriting
  • Expands into a larger, pan-European setting that still uniquely captures the humanmoment
  • A feeling of helplessness across a range of ages and male identities

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