Laughter: A Tool of Alienation
How Brandon Taylor uses humor to hook readers on page one.
We have all experienced that feeling of being left out when approaching a group that’s laughing. We all know what it feels like not to understand an inside joke between people you thought were your friends. Maybe that’s why Brandon Taylor uses relatable moments like these to stir up emotions of alienation from the jump in his debut novel Real Life.
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