How the Dead Dream, By Lydia Millet
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Your support makes all the difference.Lydia Millet is a writer drawn to oddballs and obsessives, but even when her characters verge on the cartoonish, they remain engaging.
Her latest hero, “T”, is an only child in a typical middle-American family. What marks him out is his unusual relationship with money.
He’s so enamoured of dimes and quarters that he takes to holding them in his mouth – spewing them out like a human slot machine. In later life, his hording abilities lead to a career as a successful businessman.
But he finds himself unexpectedly drawn to animals – the more endangered the better. A dark and humorous satire.
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