Saturday, December 06, 2025

The Antidote by Karen Russell

 

Meh. Too long. Historical-ish sci-fi-ish novel about a tiny farming town In Nebraska during the 1930s, with the Great Dust Storm as its central calamity. A praire witch, a female high-school basketball player and her farmer-uncle, and a WPA black photographer from Wash DC solve a crime.

Russell's language can be exquisite - but the narrative takes forever to wind up, or down, or any which way.
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