I’ve read other Manchette, but I pulled out this compact, 91-page book to read its first short chapter and the terse story kicks off with a bang. A gothic noir, it promises the kind of dark ...

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Lydia Millet's characters in Atavists interact and have little dramas of their own — the author's talent is on full display here. Not every story is strong, but they work well together.