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[The Doloriad] just might be what your rotten little heart deserves. J. Robert Lennon, The New York Times Book Review

One of Vulture''s Best Books of 2022. Winner of the 2023 Republic of Consciousness Prize and short-listed for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award.

Macabre, provocative, depraved, and unforgettable, The Doloriad marks the debut of Missouri Williams, a terrifyingly original new voice

In the wake of a mysterious environmental cataclysm that has wiped out the rest of humankind, the Matriarch, her brother, and the family descended from their incest cling to existence on the edges of a deserted city. The Matriarch, ruling with fear and force, dreams of starting humanity over again, though her children are not so certain. Together the family scavenges supplies and attempts to cultivate the poisoned earth. For entertainment, they watch old VHS tapes of a TV show in which

The Doloriad

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      Publisher MCD X Fsg Originals
      Published 1 March 2022
      ISBN-13 9780374605087
      978-0374605087
      ISBN-10 0374605084
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      Dystopian & Alternative History Fiction Science Fiction Sci-Fi

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      Book Synopsis

      [The Doloriad] just might be what your rotten little heart deserves. J. Robert Lennon, The New York Times Book Review

      One of Vulture''s Best Books of 2022      . Winner of the 2023 Republic of Consciousness Prize and short-listed for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award.

      Macabre, provocative, depraved, and unforgettable, The Doloriad marks the debut of Missouri Williams, a terrifyingly original new voice

      In the wake of a mysterious environmental cataclysm that has wiped out the rest of humankind, the Matriarch, her brother, and the family descended from their incest cling to existence on the edges of a deserted city. The Matriarch, ruling with fear and force, dreams of starting humanity over again, though her children are not so certain. Together the family scavenges supplies and attempts to cultivate the poisoned earth. For entertainment, they watch old VHS tapes of a TV show in which

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