Jesse Ball's book recommendations

The celebrated young novelist recommends works by Russell Hoban, Fleur Jaeggy, and more

Jesse Ball.
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Jesse Ball, one of America's most celebrated young novelists, is the author of A Cure for Suicide, Samedi the Deafness, and six other highly original works. His latest, Census, is a fable about the travels of a father and an adult son with Down syndrome.

Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban (Indiana Univ., $18).

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