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“As it happens, most early readers of my novel have found Dickens less sympathetic than I do.” Francine Prose on Charles Dickens and other bad men who are very good writers. | Lit Hub Criticism
A breathtaking debut novel about survival, hope, and second chances in an Asian American community in Massachusetts, when a false missile throws the residents' lives into chaos.
Kyle McCarthy’s Immersions is a fairy-tale tinged novel about obsessive love and sisterly rivalry set in the New York arts scene. Michelle Huneven raves that McCarthy’s newest novel is “sexy, shocking, and, yes, utterly immersive.”
“There’s this crushing feeling among people in the industry, whether in publishing and corporate, or they’re writers, creatives, and artists.”The Hachette Workers Coalition talks to Michael Welch. | Chicago Review of Books