The Genre-Shattering Fictions of Alan Moore

With his first story collection, “Illuminations,” the British writer and comic-book titan works his subversive power on a smaller scale.

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Cover for @nytimesbooks Junot Diaz’s review of Alan Moore’s new story collection “Illuminations”.