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On the Trail of a Mysterious, Pseudonymous Author

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On the Trail of a Mysterious, Pseudonymous Author

Late last spring, a strange, beguiling novel began arriving, in installments, in the mail. Who had written it?

via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/on-the-trail-of-a-mysterious-pseudonymous-author

Inside the envelope was a small, stapled book—a pamphlet, really—titled “Foodie or The Capitalist Monsoon that is Mississippi,” by a writer named Stokes Prickett. On the cover, there was a photograph of a burrito truck and a notice that read “Advance Promotional Copy: Do Not Read.”