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Francine Prose: Guided Tours of Hell

Francine Prose began her career in the magical-realist mode. Now her books are cynical and dark. In Guided Tours of Hell she tells why.

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By Michael Silverblatt • Apr 24, 1997 • 30m Listen

Francine Prose began her career in the magical-realist mode. She wrote about prophets, voodoo queens and saints. Now her books are cynical and dark. In

Guided Tours of Hell

(Metropolitan Books) she tells why.

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