If you managed to make it through the first volume of short
stories, Percy Gets Probed, and somehow find yourself yearning for
more- perhaps you enjoy self abuse? -then you might be keen on this
second volume, appropriately titled Percy Already Got Probed. Here
you'll find peculiar stories about unpleasant characters you've
probably never seen the likes of before, and may not care to see
the likes of again. There are doomed young lovers, doomed old
lovers, coming of age, coming of rage. Things are rarely as they
seem or first appear. There is comedy, there is drama, there is
horror and there is fantasy. Not for the easily offended. Customer
reviews for the first volume include the following: "Mr. Harding
has burst onto the literary scene with a collection of astonishing
- and, yes, frankly bizarre - stories that are sure to make the
reader sit up and take notice, though the more conservative among
us may sit up and take offense - but who needs them, anyway? He has
a keen ear for naturalistic dialogue and an utterly twisted
imagination, which combined with his own subversive psyche, has
resulted in the birth of, if not a modern classic, then at least an
underground masterstroke. The illustrations are perfect and the
author made an excellent choice in the artist. Roll on, volume the
second " - J.T. "It won't be far into this volume before you
realise that the author doesn't really do taboos No subject, be it
however sexual, scatological or socially awkward, is forbidden here
- in fact, they are the central pillars of many of the tales. So, a
potty-mouthed iconoclast? Well, strangely, no - not at all Chris
Harding manages to counter his disregard with the sensibilities of
the easily offended with... his obvious regard for those very
sensibilities - even going so far, on occasion, as to apologise for
the previous sentence within a tale His choice of language
engenders the feeling in the reader that he is more than a little
embarrassed by the things he is writing but, hey ho, that's just
the way the story goes and I am only the blushing conduit for what
must be told Harding is one of those writers that allows his own
personality to shine through in his writing. Halfway through the
book you will feel that you know him via his characters and their
various neuroses and obsessions. One might almost assume the work
was autobiographical were it not for the thoroughly bizarre plots.
Almost all of the stories in this collection could be described as
fantasy but you can't help but feel that the actions and reactions
of the protagonists are precisely those that the author might make,
were he faced with such an absurd version of reality - in fact, you
would probably assume, as I did, that he actually lives in a world
that is almost as odd and peopled with equally gauche and inept
characters - as do we all most of the time. Above all, the feeling
that I came away with was one of a warm, caring author that was
genuinely upset by many of the things that his creations had to
suffer at his hands. A cracking read." - Xamonas
General
Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Percy Gets Probed, 2 |
Release date: |
September 2013 |
First published: |
September 2013 |
Illustrators: |
Caitlynn Elizabeth Abdow
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Authors: |
Christopher Harding
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 9mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
158 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4927-2313-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Special features >
Short stories
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LSN: |
1-4927-2313-4 |
Barcode: |
9781492723134 |
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