Not Everyone is Special
by:
Josh Denslow (author)
A teen who can teleport just wants to make his mom happy. A midget working as an elf in a year-round Christmas-themed amusement park battles his archrival: a condescending Santa. You’ve heard of Fight Club, but have you been to the Underground Punch Market? Like the work of George Saunders...
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A teen who can teleport just wants to make his mom happy. A midget working as an elf in a year-round Christmas-themed amusement park battles his archrival: a condescending Santa. You’ve heard of Fight Club, but have you been to the Underground Punch Market? Like the work of George Saunders crossed with Richard Linklater, NOT EVERYONE IS SPECIAL is a collection of slacker fabulist stories that are at once speculative, hilarious, and poignant.
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ISBN:
9781732868625 (173286862X)
Publish date: 2019-03-27
Publisher: 7.13 Books
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English
I'm not sure what to say about this collection of 15 short stories. They're all really well-written -- there was one or two I didn't care for, two that I really liked -- but they all showed skill, craft, and achieved what I think Denslow intended to achieve. But I'm not sure that I can muster up any...