![]() ![]() ![]() Gwendy’s Button Box by Stephen King, which is another book about a mysterious box, then the cover of Scarecrow Has a Gun seems rather dark and does not draw the eye. I think it is supposed to be a picture of the memory palace, but when I compare it to the cover of e.g. And even when the character in the book explained this reference, I am still not 100% sure I understand it in the context of the book - maybe that memories are not what they seem? That reality is not what we remember? I wasn’t too impressed either with the cover image itself. This reference is so obscure, that until the author made reference to it in the last 25% of the book, I had no idea. The title is actually an obscure reference to the fact that in the movie Wizard of Oz, the Scarecrow at some point in the film has a pistol, but that nobody seems to remember this fact. I was under this impression due to the title “Scarecrow Has a Gun.” I was not correct in the slightest. My first impression, having not read the synopsis of the book, was that the book was a mystery / thriller starring a detective. I gave this book 4 stars, as my overall impression of the book was positive. I received this book from Netgalley as an ARC Audiobook. " -Tex Gresham, author of Sunflower, Heck, Texas, and This Is Strange June It’s a gut-punch meditation on the way our brains process mediation, memory, trauma, and grief. "With writing that’s both sharp and dense, Michael Paul Kozlowsky’s Scarecrow Has A Gun is a labyrinthine mystery that feels as if David Cronenberg and Don DeLillo had collaborated on a Philip K. “Michael Paul Kozlowsky’s brutally eccentric Scarecrow Has a Gun is a masterclass in Cartesian storytelling-simultaneously evoking Christopher Nolan’s clockwork precision and JG Ballard’s ultra-modern sense of irony, Kozlowsky has bestowed upon our cultural landscape a Rashomon for our Post-Truth, Mandela Effect-ed times.” -Jeff Chon, author of Hashtag Good Guy With a Gun Scarecrow Has a Gun is positively Neapolitan!” -Nick Mamatas, author of The Second Shooter “An intriguing, existential mystery, an exploration of an unhappy marriage, and a paranoid science fiction thriller. Ballard and Paolo Coelho chained together in a basement while a carbon monoxide alarm goes off, Scarecrow Has a Gun is at once disquieting and illuminating, eerie and sincere.” -Martin Seay, award-winning author of The Mirror Thief Suffused with an atmosphere that suggests J.G. Michael Paul Kozlowsky is admirably wary of these enticements, and has put that uneasiness at the heart of this book. A host of technologies exists to reassure us otherwise-novels, to be fair, among them-and each, like an invited demon, ultimately behaves according to its own proclivities. She wanted the ruby slippers, because they had the power to transport the wearer anywhere that they wished to go.“The coherent self is a fiction: a fairytale we tell ourselves about ourselves. Now fly, fly!” That little insect she spoke of, was one of the witch’s secret weapons, a creepy, crawly jitterbug that stings and she kept this up her long, black sleeve to use in desperate situations. Take special care of those ruby slippers. I’ve sent a little insect on ahead to take the fight out of ‘em. They’ll give you no trouble, I promise you that. Do what you want with the others, but I want her alive and unharmed. The witch said, “Take your army to the Haunted Forest and bring me that girl and her dog. She turns to Nikko, the captain of her squadron of Winged Monkeys and issued him a command for an assault. The Witch was able to watch them from her crystal ball. The Lion is terrified as he mutters to himself, “I do believe in spooks!”. The Tin Man says he doesn’t believe in spooks, and then he suddenly goes flying into the air inexplicably and falls to the ground with a crash. ![]() The group wanders towards the sign, then towards the castle, when they suddenly notice owls and vultures hooting in a nearby tree. Not a small task for anyone, especially since they were about to encounter spooks in the haunted forest.ĭorothy, Toto, the Scarecrow, the Lion, and the Tin Man enter the dark forest, and they notice a sign that indicates the direction to the witch’s castle. The beneficent Oz tells them that he has every intention of granting their requests, but only after they prove themselves worthy by bringing him the broomstick of the Witch of the West. Dorothy wanted to be sent back home with her dog Toto, the Scarecrow lacked a brain, the Lion had no courage, and the Tin Man had no heart which the wizard seemed to already know all about. ![]() They left Emerald City very disappointed after getting to see the wizard of Oz, who they thought would resolve all their troubles. The woods waited for her, everyday she passed the ancient sickly trunks, she felt the wind still with their bated breath. ![]()
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