"One of the Boys" by Daniel Magariel. Scribner, New York, 2017. 168 pages. $22Our inclination toward the dystopian view is easy to understand in these unsettling times. A host of new, young writers — fixed on the world's dysfunctions — are imaginatively projecting future scenarios. Some take a micro-view. In these works of fiction, a handful of people already mired in misfortune play out permutations on the worst-case scenario.Daniel Magariel's brief explosion of a novel, "One of the [...]
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