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On May 1, 2020, Sagging Meniscus published Neutral Evil ))), a short novel about a Sunn O))) concert in Philadelphia two months after Trump’s inauguration (also about anxiety, solitude, talent, self-realization, responsibility, dry ice, fog, Seasons 52, Guitar Center, effect pedals, improvising, paying attention, rearing children, raising fists, anticipating mass shootings, deleting Twitter, public flatulence, private resistance, moral alignment, and the search for pure tone).
“A non-self-congratulatory, legitimately revelatory, and insightful work. I loved it. Read it in 1.5 sittings, and am hugely glad to have done so. May we all resist viruses of any sort!” — Adam Levin, author of The Instructions, Hot Pink, Bubblegum, and Mount Chicago.
Available via Asterism. Bookshop. Powell’s. Amazon.
Reviews at Structo Magazine, Dead End Follies, and a really thorough, generous one at Storgy (UK). Plus here’s a growing collection of Goodreads reviews.
Excerpt at Vol. I Brooklyn.
Interview at Bidwell Hollow.
Interview and excerpt regarding Kung Fu Panda at Fear No Lit.
Per discerning reader Eric Bies:
“. . . an engaging and fat-hearted work, beautifully hewn in Klein’s sumptuous, impeccably crafted prose, with charm and insight in abundance.” — M.J. Nicholls