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THE EVIL B.B. CHOW AND OTHER STORIES By Steve Almond Trade Paperback

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Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. No ...
Type
Paperback
Publication Name
Algonquin Books
ISBN-10
1565125290
ISBN
9781565125292
EAN
9781565125292

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
ISBN-10
1565125290
ISBN-13
9781565125292
eBay Product ID (ePID)
48421049

Product Key Features

Book Title
Evil B. B. Chow and Other Stories
Number of Pages
248 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Topic
Short Stories (Single Author)
Genre
Fiction
Author
Steve Almond
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
9 Oz
Item Length
7 in
Item Width
4.9 in

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Almond is an incredibly seductive writer: A gifted storyteller, he hooks you on the first page and keeps the thrills coming., " Sa-"weet! In his second story collection, the author of last year's nonfiction hit "Candyfreak delivers a lively Whitman's Sampler of offbeat tales worth savoring-- if you don't devour the entire dozen in one sitting.", " Sa-"weet"! In his second story collection, the author of last year's nonfiction hit "Candyfreak" delivers a lively Whitman's Sampler of offbeat tales worth savoring-- if you don't devour the entire dozen in one sitting.", " Wildly inventive...enough sex, wit, and brutal honesty to revive interest in the short story." -- "Library Journal"
Synopsis
Steve Almond, the man whose candy jones fueled the bestseller "Candyfreak," returns with a collection of stories that both seals his reputation as a master of the modern form and risks getting him arrested. The cast of characters in "The Evil B.B. Chow and Other Stories" includes a wealthy family certain they have been abducted by space aliens, a sexy magazine editor who falls for a worldclass cad, and a beleaguered dentist who refuses to read his best friend's novel. Michael Jackson and Abraham Lincoln make cameos, as do a variety of desperate and beautiful loonies, all of whom are laid bare, often literally. In these twelve stories, Almond refuses to let his characters off the hook, or to abandon them, until we have seen the full measure of ourselves within their struggle., Steve Almond, the man whose candy jones fueled the bestseller Candyfreak , returns with a collection of stories that both seals his reputation as a master of the modern form and risks getting him arrested. The cast of characters in The Evil B.B. Chow and Other Stories includes a wealthy family certain they have been abducted by space aliens, a sexy magazine editor who falls for a worldclass cad, and a beleaguered dentist who refuses to read his best friend's novel. Michael Jackson and Abraham Lincoln make cameos, as do a variety of desperate and beautiful loonies, all of whom are laid bare, often literally. In these twelve stories, Almond refuses to let his characters off the hook, or to abandon them, until we have seen the full measure of ourselves within their struggle., Steve Almond, the man whose candy jones fueled the bestseller Candyfreak, returns with a collection of stories that both seals his reputation as a master of the modern form and risks getting him arrested. The cast of characters in The Evil B.B. Chow and Other Stories includes a wealthy family certain they have been abducted by space aliens, a sexy magazine editor who falls for a worldclass cad, and a beleaguered dentist who refuses to read his best friend's novel. Michael Jackson and Abraham Lincoln make cameos, as do a variety of desperate and beautiful loonies, all of whom are laid bare, often literally. In these twelve stories, Almond refuses to let his characters off the hook, or to abandon them, until we have seen the full measure of ourselves within their struggle., The bestselling writer who took readers on a cross-country journey that revealed his long love affair with chocolate in "Candyfreak" has produced a funny, bracing, sometimes shocking, always imaginative collection of stories and characters for this new compilation., Steve Almond, the man whose candy jones fueled thebestseller Candyfreak, returns with a collection ofstories that both seals his reputation as a master ofthe modern form and risks getting him arrested. The castof characters in The Evil B.B. Chow and Other Stories includes a wealthy family certain they have been abducted byspace aliens, a sexy magazine editor who falls for a worldclass cad, and a beleaguered dentist who refuses to read his best friends novel. Michael Jackson and Abraham Lincoln make cameos, as do a variety of desperate and beautifulloonies, all of whom are laid bare, often literally. In these twelve stories, Almond refuses to let his characters off the hook, or to abandon them, until we have seen the full measure of ourselves within their struggle.

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