Toad by Katherine Dunn

"Eventually I realized the work of editing Toad was, at least in one very important way, not dissimilar from my experiences editing the novels of living writers; that is, the goal is not necessarily a perfect book, whatever that is, but one that only the writer could have written, and that lingers in the mind of the reader for a long time after they’ve put it down… Toad has claimed its own place … indelible, gnawing, much like Sally’s 'restless creeping of the worm.' Long may it creep." - Huffman