Pretend I Am Someone You Like

By Shome Dasgupta

Book Overview

Fiction. In backwater Louisiana, young Mutty takes care of his cousin Barn, who hasn't spoken since his father was arrested. Pepper, Mutty's lover, is also haunted by a violent past. Their relationship grows spiritually and physically as the three fight off Pepper's sexual predators invading their little world full of mud, hay, and crawfish. PRETEND I AM SOMEONE YOU LIKE lovingly juxtaposes child-like phrasing into a rural world of threatened innocence.

"This is courageously strange writing that will intrigue and beguile the reader from the get-go, and it boasts a d nouement that would make Quentin Tarantino squirm...Unsettling, endearing, and brilliant."--Kirkus Reviews

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1604892102
• ISBN13: 9781604892109
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Livingston Press (AL)
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.