"Astringent, complex ... Jarre suffers a 'sense of guilt for my coldness,' yet that coldness is what makes this memoir so distinctive ... Few writers have written so ruthlessly about themselves."
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The Times Literary Supplement
“Gardel’s ferocious debut novel roars from a deep pit of longing and puts repressed desire in a chokehold, mining it for any and all of its redemptive qualities. Despite its brevity, the novel feels like an epic.”
Necessary Fiction