Anne Stephenson of the Arizona Republic named Julius Winsome by Gerard Donovan to her year-end book round-up:
"This is the dark horse on my list, a small, chilling novel in which the narrator describes what happens after someone shoots his dog near his cabin in the Maine woods. You'll warm quickly to Julius, who is eccentric and bookish, but later your attention will turn back onto yourself when you realize that you are trapped in your sympathy for a cold-blooded man. This is an unsettling story, skillfully told."
Julius joins Calamity Physics, Julian Barnes, Alice Munro and Cormac McCarthy as picks. Not too shabby!
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