G. WILLOW WILSON’S latest novel, The Bird King, may be set in 15th-century Spain during the collapse of the last sultanate, but it is in reality a book that seeks to rise above place and time. Alternative communities, magical maps, religious dogma, the Inquisition — these major themes drive the narrative forward toward an unmistakably […]
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