A review of the birdcentric novel “Accidentals” (the title of which is in the plural for a reason)
10,000 Birds
MARCH 25, 2020
Gaines, notwithstanding that the story (1) takes place in the Uruguay of 1999, with plenty of commentary on the Uruguayan political scene of that time, (2) is narrated by a bird illustrator who identifies the birds he sees only by their common Spanish names, and (3) flashes back to the use of torture by South American juntas in the 1970’s.
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