The Meat Suit | Garth Risk Hallberg | Granta Magazine

The Meat Suit

Garth Risk Hallberg

‘All life is suffering. At the zendo where Jolie went Thursdays after sixth period, not much in the way of portable wisdom got dispensed, but this was, near as she could tell, the through line.’

Garth Risk Hallberg

Garth Risk Hallberg was born in Denham Springs, Louisiana and grew up in North Carolina. His first novel, City on Fire, was named one of the best books of 2015 by the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, Vogue and others. His short fiction and essays have appeared in Best American New Voices, Prairie Schooner and the New York Times. ‘The Meat Suit’ is taken from something longer.

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