Without doubt the sexiest Byronic sociopath in literature. This may not have a story and an odd structure but the writing is brilliant and the characterisation brilliant. Explains why we all love a bastard.
Probably a super mean number of stars. I was highly dubious of the subject matter: guy in 9/11 decides to escape to new life, so I was an unenthuiastic starter but was pleasantly surprised.
Some of the stories are okay. A couple are good. An unusual preponderance struck me derivative, boring, and/or pretentious. It bothered me that the publisher tried to present this volume as doing something new and important when it is not. At all. "Reinterpreting" fairy tales as coming-of-age storie...
There is a misnomer on the cover of this book. Some short stories in this volume have not been commissioned for the book. Several of them have appeared in various magazines and collections (some have appeared over a decade ago).This is okay, for this is the first time that they are all collected t...
I'm not a fan of Neil LaBute. I find his characterizations distasteful, and he seems unable to find a redeeming quality in any of his male protaganists. This play is no different. Tom is a meely-mouthed, twenty-something account executive who falls in love with an obese librarian, named Helen. When ...
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