Poison Apple

Michel Laub

earliest edition we have, 2017 Penguin Random House, 2017 160 pages

In this sinuous meditation on heartbreak, youth, and guilt, a man looks back over twenty years to his relationship with his first love, Valeria, who died of an overdose at the age of 18. She was at Nirvana's only gig in Brazil, in 1993, and he was on military service and failed to join her. Consumed by insecurities and regret, he continues to feel that one fateful night has defined his adult life. Musing on such subj...

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Poison Apple edition · 2018 · Penguin Random House · 176 pages · 9781784702953
Poison Apple edition · 2017 · Penguin Random House · 9781473524316
Poison Apple edition · 2017 · Penguin Random House · 160 pages · 9781910701478

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