review of Butterfly by John Delacourt

by M. Bijman March 15, 2019 0

Discussion of writing style Review of literary fiction Review of modern fiction Review of new book

Art Crimes and War Crimes – Butterfly, by John Delacourt

John Delacourt’s novel Butterfly is hard to read, not because of his writing style, but because of the subject matterContinue Reading

New York Review of Books

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John Delacourt’s “Butterfly” in one-and-a-half minutes – Video-format review

Art Crimes and War Crimes – Butterfly, by John Delacourt