David Lynch’s 5 favorite books include these surprising beach reads!

lol. jk. My dude has never been to the beach. Dave’s actual Top 5 list (according to Far Out magazine) is, of course, a throughly Lynchian quintet of unheimlich surrealism, existentialist historical fiction, disturbing found photography, hundred-year-old art criticism, and auteur biography. Each of the below titles can now be found on the shelves of Silencio, […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2019-08-22 16:15:22 UTC ]
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