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I can only read this in bursts. These stories take time to process. “The Book of Facts” managed to pull a Bojack on me: kind of a meandering, mildly difficult series of uncomfortable events until the final couple of paragraphs suddenly sucked the wind out of me.

This book is astonishing out of the gate. I can see how it’s not for everyone, but its use of misdirection is masterful. You think you’re reading something funny and weird when suddenly it fills your heart with warmth, or flat-out breaks it. There’s hope and banality and bleakness and uncertainty.

I can’t remember the last time that writing spoke to me like this. What a beautiful book.