Parasol Against the Axe by Helen Oyeyemi is possibly the weirdest book I have ever read, and I do mean that in a good way. However, you will want to set aside uninterrupted time to read this book in no more than one or two sittings, lest you become incredibly lost in the novel’s narrative style (not in a good way), as the novel’s stream-of-conscious typ…
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