Echoing the sentiments of displacement, dissociation and longing expressed in Dusapin’s debut, The Pachinko Parlour makes for a short, subdued and tender read. 

Ghost Lover pulls you in with a marriage of craftsmanship and an uncanny talent for saying the unsayable.

The novel might serve its purpose as a light read; syrupy and pleasant enough, but missing enough meat to be memorable.

The premise of Animal is unapologetically bloody from its first passage. After witnessing a former lover commit suicide - a public, gruesome performance seemingly intended to permanently mark her with the tragedy - Joan drives out of New York to a sweltering rented house on the outskirts of Los Angeles.