![]() ![]() Sternbergh’s crisply written and well-paced novel is as much a crime piece as a speculative work, and uses a wider version of the same darkly futuristic lens he introduced in his two post-apocalyptic “Spademan” books Shovel Ready and Near Enemy. The one thing they do know? If they leave the Blinds, they’ll almost certainly die. They live on with no knowledge of their past lives or supposed crimes. The entire neighborhood is loaded with criminals who’ve willingly chosen to subjugate their memories and take on new identities - combining the first or last names of old Hollywood celebs and former vice presidents - in the hopes of getting a second chance at life. See, Caesura - or, “The Blinds,” as the residents have dubbed it - is not your typical Texas burg. IN ADAM STERNBERGH’S latest novel, The Blinds, readers are welcomed to the small, mysterious town of Caesura - and pulled into a tale littered with double-crosses, complex motivations, and the powerful desire to overcome one’s past to create a more peaceful, if not necessarily better, future. ![]()
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