Lapvona: A Novel

"Lapvona is gross. Ottessa Moshfegh writes about bodies with specificity – all the orifices and odors and juices come alive so the whole book kind of smells like toe jam, in the best possible way. A young boy in the small, famine-stricken medieval town of Lapvona finds himself adopted into a powerful noble family, exposing a class discrepancy that serves as a deeper meditation on the pointlessness of life and the cruelty of God or god or “God.” Is there salvation to be found in Lapvona? I’m not sure, but if there is, it’s probably a little stinky."