I was very skeptical about Septology going into my reading of it, given that Merve Emre, in a Bookforum roundup of contributors’ favorite books of 2022, said that reading Fosse’s seven-part masterwork was “the closest I have come to feeling the presence of God here on earth.” I continued to investigate the critical reception Fosse was receiving to see if there was more over-the-topness in the air.
