From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Hecht’s sophomore effort is one of the most entertaining, and most original, books of the year. Its conceit, barring a few introductory sonnets, is to riff on jokes-become-aphorisms, dismantling assumptions as quickly as she dishes punch lines. “What did the sadist do to the masochist?/ Nothing” generates a brisk, hyperintelligent [...]
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