![]() ![]() If it’s sticky or mushy and hard to clean, stick the book in the freezer for 24 hours and then remove the food with a steel knife (this also works with gum. If the stain is the result of food spilled on the book, remove that first. In exacting, elegant prose, Greenwell transcribes the strange dialects of desire, cementing his stature as one of our most vital living writers. Wait a few days, remove the paper towels, and repeat until as much of the grease or oil is gone as possible. Cleanness revisits and expands the world of Garth Greenwell’s beloved debut, What Belongs to You, declared ‘an instant classic’ by the New York Times Book Review. Each echo reveals startling insights about what it means to seek connection: with those we love, with the places we inhabit, and with our own fugitive selves. ![]() Frank Bidart hailed it as a masterpiece, and compared Greenwell to Joyce and Lawrence. A queer student’s confession recalls his own first love, a stranger’s seduction devolves into paternal sadism, and a romance with a younger man opens, and heals, old wounds. Garth Greenwell is the author of the acclaimed Cleanness (FSG, 2020), a work of fiction that Colm Tóibín, writing in a review featured on the cover of The New York Times Book Review, called, bravura writing and brilliantly executed. As he prepares to leave the place he’s come to call home, he grapples with the intimate encounters that have marked his years abroad, each bearing uncanny reminders of his past. In this atmosphere of disquiet, an American teacher navigates a life transformed by the discovery and loss of love. ![]() Soviet buildings crumble, wind scatters sand from the far south, and political protesters flood the streets with song. Sofia, Bulgaria, a landlocked city in southern Europe, stirs with hope and impending upheaval. ![]()
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