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Helen Dewitt, Lightning Rods

Originally aired 11/14/11

Helen Dewitt read an excerpt from her novel Lightning Rods (2011) at 192 Books on Thursday, October 13th, 2011.

Set in a vaguely familiar retake on America, in a world in which traveling salesmen are well-versed in what feels like our contemporary corporate culture, Lightning Rods is an enigmatic tale about sex and society. Using lucid and methodical prose, Dewitt creates a novel that inspires reflection on a perverse utopia.

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