by Ben Fountain
Brief Encounters with Che Guevara is a 2006 collection of eight brilliant short stories by Ben Fountain, author of the wonderful novel, Billy Lynn's Long Half-Time Walk. Brief Encounters established Fountain’s reputation as a writer to watch, earning him a PEN Award, a Whiting Writers Award, an O H...
Near-Extinct Birds of the Central Cordillera: ★★★A budding Ornithologist tries to save a rare species of birds."the Revolution had reached that classic mature stage where it existed only for its own sake."Reve Haitien: ★★An American tries to help the revolutionaries in Haiti. The Good Ones Are Alrea...
An interesting collection, if only because the stories are about places Americans don't read about much. Colombia, Sierra Leone, Myanmar, etc. The one story that takes place in the U.S. was the weakest one, for me. "Fantasy for Eleven Fingers" (an Austrian piano prodigy with an extra finger), "Near-...
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