This is a difficult book to review. It‘s a novel with a lot of layers. Thornton writes in the author‘s note about the act of projection, and particularly the type of mythologizing that happens in fandoms. The novel is very much an exploration of this idea, with The Beach Boys and the mythology surrounding Brian Wilson as the model. It‘s essentially a Beach Boys myth retelling with Brian recast as a trans woman. ⬇️
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