JOYELLE MCSWEENEY
2 CHAPTERS (from Nylund, the Sarcographer)
Nylund, the Sarcographer is a baroque noir. The eponymous protagonist is a
loner who tries to comprehend everything from the outside—like a
sarcophagus, and with analogously ornate results. The method by which the
book was written, and by which Nylund experiences the world, is thus called
sarcography. Sarcography is like negative capability on steroids; this
ultra-susceptibility entangles Nylund in both a murder plot and a memory
plot regarding his missing sister, Daisy. As the murder plot places Nylund
in increasing physical danger, his sensuous memories become more present
than the present itself.
chapter 3
chapter 9