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The mundane absurdity of Magnus Mills

The mundane absurdity of Magnus Mills

Thoughts on The Restraint of Beasts by Magnus Mills

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Glenn Fisher
May 14, 2024
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The mundane absurdity of Magnus Mills
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A blurb from the famously camera-shy Thomas Pynchon is not something you often find on the cover of any book.

Especially a book by a bus driver from Birmingham.

It’s so rare, in fact, that checking the Wikipedia page for Magnus Mills (the author of the book in question), the fact Pynchon praised his book makes the top-line summary of who Magnus Mills is.

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