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For generations they have borne the mantle of strength and authority inherited from J Edgar Hoover’s Depression-era G-men,
a label supposedly affixed after the arrest of Machine Gun Kelly in 1933.
Now hardened veterans of the Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) are projecting a different face
as they seek to fight back against what many say is the systematic undermining of the bureau’s values
under a drive by Donald Trump to turn it into an instrument of retribution.…

Just finished "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young. I'm reading a bunch of juvenile fiction right now in a quest to have some good recommendations for my kids to read in a few years when they're old enough, and this one definitely makes the cut, with deeply-integrated #OwnVoices Diné cultural elements, good (to my reading) handling of complex topics like divorce and depression, and cool magical elements. This is exactly the kind of new generation of kids' fiction I'm looking for that drops the regressive themes present in so much of what I read at that age. For example, I just before this I read Howl's Moving Castle and then The House of Many Ways by Dianna Wynne Jones, and while the first was pretty much great, the sequel has a whole benevolent monarchy thing that's central to the book in a way that weighs down the politics of the book a lot. Unsurprisingly, the indigenous perspective is a refreshing one.
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Just finished reading @alvartheo.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy's novel Benothinged all in one day. The protagonist is a mourning British ace enby with autism and depression and the story gets way dark with all the problems one might face with all those things, but it gets it, too. Really gets how hard it can be and takes you there and asks, "OK, what now?" And it does it all with a horror twist.
I bought it as a ebook from the publisher's site months ago, knowing my bookclub was reading it this month. I wish I could tell you all where to get your copy, but the publisher's site closed. It's worth the effort to find it on ebay or if you're in the UK, you might be able to find it in the shops.
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-915691-09-5
ISBN (ebook): 978-1-915691-10-1
I don't want to spoil it, but I really liked how the characters were written and want to read more from this author. I wish their Bluesky account was bridged so I can find out what they've written/are coming out with next.
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