08/20/2025
Many wonderful blurbs for A Complete Fiction, coming November 4!
“R.L. Maizes has written a smart, compelling novel about publishing and its perils, families and friendships and their limitations, and storytelling itself, in all its wondrous messy glory.”— .frankel
“Fast-paced and tightly wrought, R. L. Maizes’ new novel A Complete Fiction goes right to the mercenary hearts of two writers and with humor and pathos manages to skewer the publishing industry and the pressure cooker of literary social media simultaneously…I raced to the conclusion to find out how it would end.” —.a.ball
“A Complete Fiction checks all of the boxes for an incredible read that sits at the intersection of cancel culture and .”
“I can’t gush enough about R.L. Maizes’s A Complete Fiction, one of the most fabulously complex, interesting, and hilarious novels I’ve read in years. As two protagonists fight (and fight dirty) over their respective truths, Maizes asks hard questions about cancel culture, power, politics, sexual abuse, and narrative…“
“The question of who has a right to tell a story fuels A Complete Fiction with righteous anger and verve. But R.L. Maizes turns the battles roiling publishing and society into a nuanced and humorous portrait of two flawed writers struggling to be heard. Through a twisting plot, revealing the complexity behind impulsive social media posts, we end up having empathy for the accused and the accuser. It’s a difficult feat that Maizes pulls off beautifully.” — Arsen Kashkashian
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