Review: The Strange

Cover of The Strange by Nathan Ballingrud

A Face­book friend of mine rec­om­mend­ed The Strange by Nathan Ballingrud. My local library was able to get a copy via inter­li­brary loan, and I picked it up on Fri­day. Last night—Monday—I fin­ished read­ing it.

It starts off a bit like True Grit[1]I’ve only seen the Coens’ ver­sion of the movie, but I’ve heard it hews pret­ty close to the Charles Por­tis nov­el. One day I’ll have to read it.—a rough-around-the-edges life in a fron­tier town, nar­rat­ed by a thir­teen-year-old girl. But it’s set on Mars. In 1931.

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Foot­notes

Foot­notes
1 I’ve only seen the Coens’ ver­sion of the movie, but I’ve heard it hews pret­ty close to the Charles Por­tis nov­el. One day I’ll have to read it.