Vendor
	Liepman Literary Agency Marc Koralnik
Original language
English

KILL THE MALL

Pasha Malla

From the critically acclaimed author of Fugue States comes a new novel, where Douglas Adams meets David Lynch in a witty yet horror-tinged fable about one of North America's scariest inventions: the local mall. After writing a letter in praise of "malls," our eccentric narrator is offered a "residency" at a shabby suburban shopping centre. His mission: to occupy the mall for several weeks, splitting his time between "making work" and "engaging the public," all while chronicling his adventures in weekly progress reports. Before long, a series of strange after-hour events rattles our hero, and he sets forth on a nightly quest to untangle the mysterious forces at play in the mall's unmapped recesses.

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Book Published 2021-04-01 by Knopf Canada

Comments

"The plight of Kill the Mall's narrator, who's trapped in his own retail hell, makes us think about how late capitalism shapes the way we live, as crystallized by the pandemic . . . [Malla] draws us in with humour and intriguing incidents . . . [and] probes mischievously into the complex intersections between art, social relationships and business . . . this isn't a book you'll easily forget." Toronto Star