The Listening Room

By Kathleen Rooney,

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Book description

Fiction. The house is haunted but nobody's home. Only us chickens, standing still as sculpture while Loulou, the immortal Pomeranian, and Georgette, Magritte's guardian angel, take us on a tour of the asylum. The rooms in Kathleen Rooney's THE LISTENING ROOM are always listening, always watching. The walls have ears.…

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Why read it?

1 author picked The Listening Room as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This tiny gem of a book is not easy to find, but so so worth it. It’s art; it’s poetry; it’s the story of René Magritte told through his paintings, his dog Loulou, and his wife Georgette.

I’ve always loved Rooney’s work, but this novel is my favorite. The story is gorgeous, and the writing is simply masterful.

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