What happens when communication kills and familial relationships become toxic? Some serious shit, according to Ben Marcus. I loved "The Flame Alphabet" as much as it's possible to love something that causes discomfort.First the prose - beautiful in a clipped, near emotionless sort of way. Marcus wri...
THE SHORT VERSIONThis is an absolute fucking masterpiece and I loved every single page of it.THE LONG VERSIONThis book is gloriously written and incredibly dark - think Saramago's Blindness without the endless sentences, or Pontypool Changes Everything with a more linear narrative. The apocalyptic s...