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and an aging alcoholic is transfixed by the return of a long-lost sibling

Lorde paints an intimate portrait of her life

As she uncovers their secrets

Slow Guillotine Silver Sprocket our propensity for violence andWinner of the Barbara DiBernard Prize in Fiction Slow Guillotine follows three broke weirdos whose collective desire to make and think about art is constantly interrupted by their art industry adjacent minimum wage jobs. Throughout the novel, the three friends' day jobs in a failing independent bookstore, a sterile gallery in downtown Manhattan, and miscellaneous living rooms across the Long Island birthday party clown circuit interweave with their