Spoonbenders is a slow burning story that I urge you to stick with despite its meandering narrative. I frequently put this one down and thought about giving up but my sister had warned me that it may take a while to get going so I stuck with it. Ultimately this is a strange but enjoyable book about the psychic Telemachus family in 1995 Chicago. “I can’t believe this is allowed by state law. You can’t just put a pile of shaved beef—” “Italian beef,” she said. […]