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    Watch the insane book trailer for Ottessa Moshfegh’s Lapvona.

    Emily Temple

    June 13, 2022, 3:17pm

    Today, Penguin Press released a book trailer (yes, they still exist!) for Ottessa Moshfegh’s much anticipated upcoming novel, Lapvona, which follows a deformed boy living in a depraved and corrupt medieval village. On the other hand, the trailer, directed by Matthew Lessner, is like a ’90s infomercial for enlightenment created by David Lynch.

    I’ll say nothing more. Watch for yourself:

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