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Author | Blake Butler |
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Publisher | Riverhead Books |
Publication place | United States |
Alice Knott is a 2020 novel by American author Blake Butler. [1] The novel concerns the theft and destruction of a painting collection and its impact on the painting's original owner, the titular Alice Knott. [2] In The Nation, Brooks Sterritt wrote that the book "...resonates so strongly with life under lockdown", though noting that the book was completed before the 2020 pandemic. [3]
In 2024 it will be released in paperback by Archway Editions as Void Corporation. [4]
Butler's earliest inspiration for the book was a note written to himself reading “Corporation that buys and destroys art”. [5] He was further inspired by the Thomas Pynchon novel The Crying of Lot 49. [5]
Critics highlighted that the book could be challenging. [1] [2]
![]() First edition | |
Author | Blake Butler |
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Publisher | Riverhead Books |
Publication place | United States |
Alice Knott is a 2020 novel by American author Blake Butler. [1] The novel concerns the theft and destruction of a painting collection and its impact on the painting's original owner, the titular Alice Knott. [2] In The Nation, Brooks Sterritt wrote that the book "...resonates so strongly with life under lockdown", though noting that the book was completed before the 2020 pandemic. [3]
In 2024 it will be released in paperback by Archway Editions as Void Corporation. [4]
Butler's earliest inspiration for the book was a note written to himself reading “Corporation that buys and destroys art”. [5] He was further inspired by the Thomas Pynchon novel The Crying of Lot 49. [5]
Critics highlighted that the book could be challenging. [1] [2]