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82. James Han Mattson on Fear as Entertainment and His New Novel 'Reprieve'

Riverside Chats
Riverside Chats
Episode • Oct 24, 2021 • 53m

Author James Han Mattson talks with Tom Knoblauch about his new novel Reprieve: a literary novel of social horror centered around a brutal killing that takes place in a full-contact haunted escape room—a provocative exploration of capitalism, hate politics, racial fetishism, and our cultural obsession with fear as entertainment. Check out Reprieve wherever you get books. 

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