Blood Test

book by Charles Baxter

Reading notes and observations from this book, gathered through repeated encounters—emphasizing impressions over synopsis.

Everyone feels like a fugitive right now

Blood Test by Charles Baxter

Joe's lying on the floor and has got earbuds on and is listening to the Go-Fuck-Yourself-Electrocute-Me-Monster-Death-Metal music he likes, singers screaming as if they're being tasered.