The Pallbearers Club

I’m a sucker for found narratives, for stories told in annotations, and for ambiguous endings; there was no way I wasn’t loving this book.

Art Barbara saw some stuff, or thinks he did, when he was a kid. The stuff involved his friend, who’s drifted in and out of his life over the decades. He’s written a memoir, and his friend has found it, and… the blurb says, “she’s making cuts,” but really what she’s doing is adding her own opinion, or at least her own spin.

Both voices are engaging and distinct, both in the prose and in the… show more.