All My Friends Are Superheroes
All Tom's friends really are superheroes.There's the Ear, the Spooner, the Impossible Man. Tom even married a superhero, the Perfectionist. But at their wedding, the Perfectionist was hypnotized (by ex-boyfriend Hypno, of course) to believe that Tom is invisible. Nothing he does can make her see...
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All Tom's friends really are superheroes.There's the Ear, the Spooner, the Impossible Man. Tom even married a superhero, the Perfectionist. But at their wedding, the Perfectionist was hypnotized (by ex-boyfriend Hypno, of course) to believe that Tom is invisible. Nothing he does can make her see him. Six months later, she's sure that Tom has abandoned her.So she's moving to Vancouver. She'll use her superpower to make Vancouver perfect and leave all the heartbreak in Toronto. With no idea Tom's beside her, she boards an airplane in Toronto. Tom has until the wheels touch the ground in Vancouver to convince her he's visible, or he loses her forever.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781552451304 (1552451305)
ASIN: 1552451305
Publish date: 1999-10-19
Publisher: Coach House Books
Pages no: 120
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Humor,
Funny,
Comedy,
Cultural,
Romance,
Contemporary,
Magical Realism,
Comics,
Canada,
Superheroes,
Fiction
This book falls in at over 100 pages and is an extremely quick read. The allegory used throughout is sweet and thought provoking. The one annoying trait of the author was his use of backstory mid paragraph. It would not be unusual to find a character taking two separate steps back in time before ...
An excellent little find. It's a short read and perfect in its sweet simplicity. Can't recommend it highly enough.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/533128195
Like many kids of my generation, I grew up on a steady stream of cartoon superhero shows: Spiderman, Batman, X-Men, you name it. I marveled at how badass they were and used to put temporary tattoos of Rogue on my ankle for gym class. To this day, there is just something comforting about the idea t...
Short and enjoyable, though Kaufman's superhero references wear a bit thin fairly quickly and don't always work, to my mind at least.Still, worth a read.
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