The Monroe Girls - Antoine Volodine Zuo Ma With gags that don’t hold

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The Monroe Girls - Antoine Volodine Zuo Ma With gags that don’t holdThe Monroe Girls by Antoine Volodine, translated by Alyson Waters 278 page paperback, 6 x 7 inches, published in 2026 by Archipelago ISBN 9781962770552 *** For readers of Thomas Pynchon, a conspiratorial adventure through a bleak future where the dead (and their political factions) never really die, from one of Frances most visionary writers Breton has seen brighter days. Now his body sags as he pulls a pair of binoculars to his withered face. He