An exceptional new collection of short stories by Percival Everett,
author of the highly praised and wickedly funny novel "Erasure"
"People are just naturally hopeful, a term my grandfather used to
tell me was more than occasionally interchangeable with stupid."
A cop, a cowboy, several fly fishermen, and a reluctant romance
novelist inhabit these revealing and often hilarious stories. An
old man ends up in a high-speed car chase with the cops after
stealing the car that blocks the garbage bin at his apartment
building. A stranger gets a job at a sandwich shop and fixes
everything in sight: a manual mustard dispenser, a mouthful of
crooked teeth, thirty-two parking tickets, and a sexual-identity
problem.
Percival Everett is a master storyteller who ingeniously addresses
issues of race and prejudice by simultaneously satirizing and
celebrating the human condition.
General
| Imprint: |
Graywolf Press,U.S.
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
December 2004 |
| First published: |
November 2004 |
| Authors: |
Percival Everett
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| Dimensions: |
215 x 133 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
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| Pages: |
204 |
| Edition: |
New |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-55597-411-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Special features >
Short stories
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-55597-411-2 |
| Barcode: |
9781555974114 |
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