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Fiction

Above the line

by Kathryn Koromilas
February 2014, no. 358

The Antibiography of Robert F. Menzies by Bernard Cohen

Fourth Estate, $32.99 pb, 298 pp, 9780732264383

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‘Above the line’, a narrator begins a story. At a specific moment in time, a specific fictional character appears and something is about to happen. ‘Below the line’, another narrator begins a different story, a story in notes, footnotes, ‘citational backup’ for the story ‘above’. You have begun reading Bernard Cohen’s new novel: a work in story and notes, a game, a play of genre, a performance.

 


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The Antibiography of Robert F. Menzies by Bernard Cohen

Fourth Estate, $32.99 pb, 298 pp, 9780732264383

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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