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Try
“Written in Mr. Cooper’s taut, chillingly ironic prose. . . Try is about a world under severe emotional repression–a fascistic world of pure sadistic power. . . . As improbable…
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“A fascinating, intricately crafted jewel of a book . . . It’s a book one could read over and over and never exhaust.” –Dodie…
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“The most seductively frightening, best written novel of contemporary urban life that anyone has attempted in a long time; it’s the funniest, too, and…
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The boldest step into a new paradigm of narrative I’ve read in a while.” –Jim Krusoe, The Los Angeles Times
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“Frisk is a significant work of fiction. Cooper . . . wants to lead us into the wormy heart of the murderous impulse.” –Michael Cunningham, author of A Home at the End of the World…
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“The Dream Police fights the context of poetry in a way I can only call urgent and beautiful. He is interested in evacuating all…
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“Bleak and brilliant. There can be no doubt about the power and originality of Cooper’s writing. Sheer force of style raises Closer to the…
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