INTERMEDIATE FICTION
Shearer, Alex

Canned

(2) 4-6 Funny, gruesome, and unpredictable, this novel details the crime-fighting partnership between Fergal and Charlotte, who collect unlabeled cans. The friends decide to open a few specimens, revealing alarming mysteries. Shearer builds suspense carefully, and the resolution falls well outside the paradigm of predictability. Recalling Roald Dahl, Shearer teeters on the brink between black humor and tastelessness, improbability and impossibility.

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