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“Peculiar” Is Right

April 8, 2015 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

What a strange book. The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman had its moments — usually bizarre to the point of being hilarious moments — but overall it seemed intentionally confusing and strange. Set in 1950s, The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman stars a young man named, of course, Thomas Penman. His household is quite bizarre: his parents are locked in some unspoken war that he can’t quite figure out, but it involves their multitude of dogs being allowed to shit all over the house. His grandfather is slowly […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: badkittyuno, Bruce Robinson

badkittyuno's CBR7 Review No:47 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: badkittyuno, Bruce Robinson ·
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