RaveBOMB... the comic novel...dizzies with the vastness of Carrington’s storytelling. Greek myths, Celtic legends, and classic fairy tales all sit in one another like never-ending nesting dolls ... Stories build within stories within stories; allusions layer over one another ... Carrington reappropriates stagnant or damning stories to build the chaotic, liberated world of her personal imagining. More importantly, she pinpoints a certain self-aware myth-building ... The Hearing Trumpet’s jubilance crackles in every corner of Carrington’s web. It races along relentlessly, and there is no question that this is a work of Carrington’s vibrant invention; the novel is so distinctly, wholly, and absurdly hers.
