Ask a Bookseller: ‘Pest’ by Michael Cisco
Stefen Holtrey of Brilliant Books in Traverse City, Mich., has a title for readers who love to be surprised by something experimental and new. He’s a big fan of Michael Cisco, whose work is generally classified as weird or speculative fiction but whose novels vary wildly in style. A philosophical writer who tends toward a horror lens, his work regularly defies genres in ways Holtrey finds delightful.“He’s very experimental. Each one of his books are completely different experiences,” says Holtrey.Cisco’s new novel “Pest” focuses on a man who transforms into a yak.Before he was turned into a…
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