Bradley Somer
Bradley Somer has written a ton of short fiction, which has appeared in a plethora of literary journals, reviews and anthologies over the past thirteen years. His stories show a bent for the off-kilter with a touch of the urban fantastic.Bradley's debut novel, IMPERFECTIONS, was published in Fall...
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Bradley Somer has written a ton of short fiction, which has appeared in a plethora of literary journals, reviews and anthologies over the past thirteen years. His stories show a bent for the off-kilter with a touch of the urban fantastic.Bradley's debut novel, IMPERFECTIONS, was published in Fall 2012 by Nightwood Editions. It earned a starred review from Quill & Quire magazine, won the 2013 CBC Bookie Award for debut author of the year and was one of the Canadian Bookseller's Top 8 Picks for 2012.His next novel, FISHBOWL, will be published in North America in August 2015 through St. Martin's Press. Publication rights have sold in eighteen countries and the book also will be available in many translations.
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As Ian, the goldfish plummets to the ground, I wanted a swimming pool, an ACME brand swimming pool to be precise to miraculous appears on the sidewalk below him and save him from a disastrous outcome. I wanted a “that’s not all folks” at the end of this novel, as his journey has been incredible. I...
Published by: Ebury Press (6th August 2015) ISBN: 978-0091956929 Source: Review copy via publisher Rating: 4.5* Synopsis: Even a goldfish can dream of adventure… From his enviable view from a balcony on the 27th floor of an apartment block, Ian the Goldfish has frequent – if fleeting – de...
A goldfish named Ian is falling from the 27th-floor balcony on which his fishbowl sits. He's longed for adventure, so when the opportunity arises, he escapes from his bowl, clears the balcony railing and finds himself airborne. Plummeting toward the street below, Ian witnesses the lives of the Sevil...
This book was just okay for me. I got a few chuckles out of it, I guess. There were many phrases, sentences and paragraphs that were repeated several times just because the author was getting the perspective of several characters involved in the same situation. The characters were pretty quirky and ...
Title: Fishbowl Author: Bradley Somer Publisher: Ebury Press (Fiction) Publication Date: Aug 6th 2015 Page Numbers: 320 pages Blurb Told through the eyes of a goldfish named Ian, who is currently falling from the twenty-seventh floor balcony of an apartment building, this novel follows an eclectic...
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