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The title of this book couldn‘t have been better. This is one of Percival Everett‘s earlier novels and it reads like a literary thriller. Protagonist Ogden Walker is deputy sheriff in a small town, solving crimes and driving around. I knew there had to be more to it - this is Everett after all. So I started making assumptions.
What a clever book. Read it!

Bookpearl He‘s been on my radar! I think I may grab a copy and read this week. 3mo

sarahbarnes Another great review of an Everett! Stacking. 3mo

BarbaraBB @Bookpearl I‘d be interested to hear your thoughts! 3mo

Suet624 Can‘t wait to read it! 3mo

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CSeydel

Assumption | Percival Everett

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I understand this one gets mixed reviews, so I feel fortunate to have been familiar with Everett before picking it up: this is not a murder mystery. It looks like a murder mystery, and for the first 80% it *feels* like a murder mystery, but it‘s a philosophical examination of human nature and - yes - assumptions.

The kind of book where after turning the last page, you instantly want to flip back to page 1 and start again.

BarbaraBB Great review! I‘ve become such a fan of Everett and haven‘t read this one yet. 2y

Ruthiella Sounds fabulous. Everett is a good one for wrong footing the reader, making us think. (edited) 2y

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CSeydel

Assumption: A Novel | Percival Everett

It‘s the little details that make Percival Everett such a joy to read

tpixie Lol 😂 2y

batsy Another Everett to add to the list! 2y

SamAnne I‘m about to finish The Trees. My new favorite author. 2y

CSeydel @SamAnne he has such an original voice! I haven‘t read The Trees yet but it‘s on my list. @batsy Have you read many of his? This is my 2nd, after

Erasure: A Novel

batsy @CSeydel I've only read two, as well. So Much Blue and The Trees. Both very different books and both excellent 🙂 2y

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Megabooks

Assumption | Percival Everett

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This book has me thinking. Even when Everett‘s endings makes me angry, I love his writing. It‘s a mystery I‘ll reread.

Ogden Walker is a Black sheriff‘s deputy in a rural New Mexico county. These three connected novellas feature his investigation into three murders. Like in all the Everett books I‘ve read, things are not as simple as the seem. Walker‘s investigations take him to rough neighborhoods in Denver and meth-fueled hippie communes.

Cinfhen

Megabooks @vivastory I think you‘d like this. 3y

BarbaraBB It sounds good and I am happy it did deliver for you. I bought another one of his books:

Erasure: A Novel

vivastory This sounds so intriguing! I was recently wondering why there weren't more mystery novellas. 3y

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Cinfhen Sounds great!! 3y

sarahbarnes Nice! Thanks for the great review on another Everett book! I want to check out more of his writing. 3y

Megabooks @BarbaraBB that one sounds good too. 👍🏻 this is the other backlist title of his I own.

Glyph

Megabooks @vivastory there aren‘t a lot. I think it‘s hard to wrap up a crime arc in 75-90 pages, and these aren‘t tied with a neat bow, but I‘d like to see more authors try. 3y

Megabooks @Cinfhen it was! 3y

Megabooks @sarahbarnes same! I want to work through more of his backlist. 3y

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lauralovesbooks1

Assumption: A Novel | Percival Everett

so-so

This was solid pick for me -- until the last few paragraphs. Everett ended this collection of novellas about Detective Ogden Walker by having him dld something so completely out of sync with the character he developed that it was really jarring.

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