Alice Embree reviews Odd Birds
December 17, 2019
Judge this book by its cover. It is stunning. And Severo Perez’ Odd Birds is a captivating read.
Odd Birds [TCU Press, Fort Worth, 2019] is a fictional coming of age story, the tale of three young library interns, an older displaced artist, and the city of San Antonio. Set in 1961, in the town where the author was raised, we experience a small town on the cusp of change.
Cosimo Infante Cano, a Cuban artist, has arrived with only a courier bag, his luggage stolen before he ...