![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This story will be retold by the novel’s close, just as the novel will retell itself. The ending ignites an immediate desire to reread the chapters leading up to it: incidents and characters that seemed trivial acquire new meanings. It is the web itself that provides the solution. The official investigators in Disappearing Earth dither at the story’s periphery and come up empty-handed. But for Phillips the intricate web linking her characters is not a mystery to be uncovered by a solitary detective. all that shared personal history becomes a breeding ground for intrigue. Petropavlovsk uncannily resembles a small, overlooked city in the American West, with its old-timers praising the way things used to be, its restless youth dreaming of metropolitan glamour and escape. As remote as this world is, readers will find it strangely familiar. ![]()
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