Biography of X by #CatherineLacey will likely be my #1 book of 2023, it's just an absolute materpiece. This is the first I've read from Lacey, and I predict she'll be one of my favorite authors from here on. #bookstodon

I highly highly recommend Biography of X by #CatherineLacey (fans of #DenisJohnson will get a kick out of a few parts, #Bowie fans too). Picked it up solely on the recommendation of my local bookstore, and it will very likely be my top book of 2023. I'm motoring through it because I can't wait to find out what happens next, and am already planning on rereading it. #bookstodon

I cannot decide which book to start next. Can someone decide for me, please? #JohannaHedva #CatherineLacey #VirginiaWoolf #bookstodon

A sentence that's been echoing in my mind all week:

"Relief is often a stronger and more layered pleasure than happiness, and it was relief that washed over me when she returned that evening, and relief when she held me, relief even as as I felt the part of her sweater hardened with blood, and all this relief was enough to carry me, to carry us deeper into love."

Catherine Lacey, Biography of X

Relief is often stronger . . .

#SundaySentence #bookstodon #CatherineLacey

Remembering #CatherineLacey (1904-79), the great English stage, television and film actress born in London #OnThisDay. Her acting career spanned six decades, with many scene-stealing film appearances, including the deceptive nun in Hitchcock's #TheLadyVanishes (1938), and as aged eccentrics in Hammer's #TheShadowOfTheCat (1961) and #TheMummysShroud (1967).

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