Darcey Steinke is the author of Up Through the Water, Suicide Blonde, and Jesus Saves. Her fourth novel, Milk, has just been published by Bloomsbury.
Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy (Vintage, $13). Long before All the Pretty Horses, McCarthy wrote this stark, poetic novel about an incestuous brother and sister. It’s my favorite of his books, because of its intertwining of biblical themes and lush physical detail.
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