Amalgamemnon

Christine Brooke-Rose. Dalkey Archive Press, $13.95 (154pp) ISBN 978-1-56478-050-8

First published in 1984, this experimental novel is the skewed monologue of a history and literature professor about to be dismissed from her job. (July)

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