The Anomaly Condition:Like New What is a properly functioning

What is a properly functioning mythology and what are its functions

countless internal obstacles and conflicts

the secrets they guard

" - Emma Straub

The Anomaly Condition:Like New What is a properly functioningA virtuoso novel where logic confronts magic and explores the part of ourselves that eludes us. In June 2021, a senseless event upends the lives of hundreds of men and women, all passengers on a flight from Paris to New York. Among them: Blake, a respectable family man, though he works as a contract killer; Slimboy, a Nigerian pop star tired of living a lie; Joanna, a formidable lawyer whose flaws have caught up with her; and Victor Miesel, a