August 2018 Indie Next List #1 Great Read

The Incendiaries: A NovelOn the cover of this month's Indie Next list is
The Incendiaries: A Novel, by R. O. Kwon

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“R.O. Kwon’s debut knocked me sideways. The Incendiaries is a serious reckoning with the problem of fanaticism and the violence of blind devotion. The story of Will and Phoebe is told with an extraordinarily smart and soulful style. I was amazed at how perfectly Kwon’s spare language fit her novel’s expansive scope. A stunning portrait of what faith can do and undo, The Incendiaries will delight and disturb. But, most of all, it will impress.”

John Francisconi, Bank Square Books, Mystic, CT


 

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