Casanova 20: Or, Hot World
A vibes novel. Those seeking revelation or catharsis should look elsewhere. Davis wants to mimetically enact the lockdown’s stasis, boredom and pain. The novel is a study in repetition, like a pianist playing scales ... Davis has given us a novel of painters who don’t paint, films without an audience, sex without love and beauties who are no longer beautiful. It’s a bleak, not altogether successful portrait of the recent past, intended for a present without much of a future.
Read Full Review >>
A rare gem of a book—afraid of neither joy nor sorrow and patient enough to find the human heart inside all its gorgeous language. A show-stopping novel that carries within it a quiet, steadfast heart.
Read Full Review >>
Fascinating if at times frustrating ... Despite being a bit unfocused, this ethereal work holds the reader’s attention.
Read Full Review >>
