Throwing Rocks: An Interview with John Vercher

JOHN VERCHER’S TAUT, impressive debut crime novel, Three-Fifths, follows Bobby Saraceno — a mixed-race man living a lie. Saraceno has spent his life passing as a white man, raised by his racist maternal grandfather in Pittsburgh. Bobby’s kept his true self hidden from everyone, even his fellow comic book fan/best friend, Aaron, who’s just returned […] The post Throwing Rocks: An Interview with John Vercher appeared first on Los Angeles Review of Books. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Review of Books'

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Interview Magazine Is Shutting Down, Staffers Say

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