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Last Night I Sang to the Monster by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
“I’m thinking I could spend the rest of my life becoming an expert at forgetting.” Heartbreaking, moving, and ultimately uplifting Last Night I Sang to the Monster is my favourite novel by Sáenz. While this novel explores themes and issues that are recurrent in Sáenz’s oeuvre, Last Night I Sang to the Monster is much…
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