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Venomous Lumpsucker

The fifth novel from award-winning British novelist Ned Beauman is a mid-apocalyptic comic thriller ideally suited for a post-pandemic audience.

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Review of ‘Venomous Lumpsucker’

Albert Einstein is frequently—falsely—attributed with having said, "Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." It's quite the line, but it does beg the question: How do you tell how smart a fish is? 

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