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title: "Bats of the Republic: An Illuminated Novel Hardcover – October 6, 2015"
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# Bats of the Republic: An Illuminated Novel Hardcover – October 6, 2015

**Brand:** zachary thomas dodson
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- **What is this?** Bats of the Republic: An Illuminated Novel Hardcover – October 6, 2015 by zachary thomas dodson
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ but they serve brilliantly to adrenalize the narrative
*by A***D on October 21, 2015*

Bats of the RepublicThis is a novel of slippage. It’s a novel that touches upon torture (psychological and physical), massacre (human and animal), pederast horror, witchcraft, Orwellian dystopia, time warps, Machiavellian intrigue and a descent into the maelstrom of madness. Bats of the Republic leaps from nods to Neal Stephenson and Steampunk to whiffs of Zane Grey to H.P. Lovecraft. It’s a Texan two-step on steroids, one foot set in 1843, the other in 2143. It is also, with its sumptuous design and illustrations, a book that relegates the Kindle to the used-by status of the fax machine: One needs to HOLD this book; its magic would be lost on screen. You would be unable to undertake the physical experience of opening the mysterious envelope - which demands you DO NOT OPEN – to discover the final, mind-warping revelation inside. I read this close on the heels of Mark Z. Danielewski’s first volume of The Familiar, another interactive, ‘illuminated’ and equally captivating novel, which also belied the relevance of electronic readers (others have compared Bats to J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst’s S, an experiment which for me failed via distracting gimmickry.) To be sure, there are gimmicks aplenty in Dodson’s book as well, but they serve brilliantly to adrenalize the narrative. As a book designer Dodson borders on genius – see his work on Blake Butler’s dystopian Scorch Atlas for proof. This is Dodson’s first novel, and to some extent it shows, but one waits with baited breath to see what he tackles next.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A wonderful read
*by M***Y on June 18, 2021*

I. Love. This. Book. From the intertwining stories to the illustrations to the mysterious envelope lurking in the back of the book, I was hooked. The writer evoked both worlds well and told engaging stories in both. If it was still mysterious and I had questions left at the end, well, doesn't a good book leave you wanting more? Read it and enjoy it. I did.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Grad sketch book with a story
*by A***E on November 16, 2017*

I have not read all of the book. It is more of a book to look at and enjoy visually, at least for me, and then read. It is packed with drawings of bats and related creatures and is more a combination travel tale, sketchbook and mystery with maps and documents to support the story. Mostly I got it for the art and the "artist book" aspect.

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