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Stabs At Happiness

Todd Grimson

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Description:The thirteen stories in STABS AT HAPPINESS by Todd Grimson range in setting from the farthest reaches of the Amazon to the casbahs of Morocco, with stops in the Warholesque downtown New York of 1973, the corrupt last days of pre-Castro Havana 1959, or San Francisco just as Prohibition came to an end in 1932. These sometimes tragic, sometimes darkly comic or surreal stories are populated by desperate vagabonds, prostitutes, explorers, gangsters, transvestites, starlets and others on the run or at the end of the line, in a unique voice reminiscent sometimes of Don DeLillo, Donald Barthelme, Haruki Murakami or Graham Greene – a voice of original talent and depth.Advance Words of Praise for: STABS AT HAPPINESS: 13 Stories by Todd Grimson“The stories in Todd Grimson's brilliant new collection shine a blinding, sinister light onto the darker chambers of the human heart. … In the tradition of writers like Hubert Selby, Jr., Paul Bowles, and Robert Stone, Grimson remains a true original: a genuine 21st century American visionary.” Elizabeth Hand, author of AVAILABLE DARK and GENERATION LOSS“Grimson’s short fiction occupies that high, clear zone where Borges and Kafka dwell. The atmosphere is intoxicating and ominous. The view is limitless, seductive, always unexpected and distinctly dangerous. Delicious.” Katherine Dunn, author of GEEK LOVE“Todd Grimson's unique stories carry me into fascinating situations, where in the corners of rooms quick, strange, and wary minds entangle. His angst-ridden characters are aliens at home, encountering the non-negotiable. "Nothing in Tangier" is an excruciatingly suspenseful and fierce story. I think Patricia Highsmith and Paul Bowles were smiling as Grimson wrote it.” Lynne Tillman, author of SOMEDAY THIS WILL BE FUNNY“At his best, Todd Grimson channels the likes of Paul Bowles and Graham Greene. He works effortlessly, with fine result.” Joel Rose, author of THE BLACKEST BIRD and KILL KILL FASTER FASTER“Todd Grimson’s stories are perhaps slightly less ruthless than his splendid meta-pulp novels, but they are ruthless enough…our teeth settle on a tough, convincing bone of reality…to become literature. Even in the exquisitely and more conventionally composed “Nothing in Tangier,” we are brought on the last page to the Grimson crunch, a devastating compound of desire, hopelessness, and waste.” Harry Mathews, author of CIGARETTES and MY LIFE IN THE CIA: A Chronicle of 1973We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Stabs At Happiness. To get started finding Stabs At Happiness, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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ISBN: 1936182467

Description: The thirteen stories in STABS AT HAPPINESS by Todd Grimson range in setting from the farthest reaches of the Amazon to the casbahs of Morocco, with stops in the Warholesque downtown New York of 1973, the corrupt last days of pre-Castro Havana 1959, or San Francisco just as Prohibition came to an end in 1932. These sometimes tragic, sometimes darkly comic or surreal stories are populated by desperate vagabonds, prostitutes, explorers, gangsters, transvestites, starlets and others on the run or at the end of the line, in a unique voice reminiscent sometimes of Don DeLillo, Donald Barthelme, Haruki Murakami or Graham Greene – a voice of original talent and depth.Advance Words of Praise for: STABS AT HAPPINESS: 13 Stories by Todd Grimson“The stories in Todd Grimson's brilliant new collection shine a blinding, sinister light onto the darker chambers of the human heart. … In the tradition of writers like Hubert Selby, Jr., Paul Bowles, and Robert Stone, Grimson remains a true original: a genuine 21st century American visionary.” Elizabeth Hand, author of AVAILABLE DARK and GENERATION LOSS“Grimson’s short fiction occupies that high, clear zone where Borges and Kafka dwell. The atmosphere is intoxicating and ominous. The view is limitless, seductive, always unexpected and distinctly dangerous. Delicious.” Katherine Dunn, author of GEEK LOVE“Todd Grimson's unique stories carry me into fascinating situations, where in the corners of rooms quick, strange, and wary minds entangle. His angst-ridden characters are aliens at home, encountering the non-negotiable. "Nothing in Tangier" is an excruciatingly suspenseful and fierce story. I think Patricia Highsmith and Paul Bowles were smiling as Grimson wrote it.” Lynne Tillman, author of SOMEDAY THIS WILL BE FUNNY“At his best, Todd Grimson channels the likes of Paul Bowles and Graham Greene. He works effortlessly, with fine result.” Joel Rose, author of THE BLACKEST BIRD and KILL KILL FASTER FASTER“Todd Grimson’s stories are perhaps slightly less ruthless than his splendid meta-pulp novels, but they are ruthless enough…our teeth settle on a tough, convincing bone of reality…to become literature. Even in the exquisitely and more conventionally composed “Nothing in Tangier,” we are brought on the last page to the Grimson crunch, a devastating compound of desire, hopelessness, and waste.” Harry Mathews, author of CIGARETTES and MY LIFE IN THE CIA: A Chronicle of 1973We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Stabs At Happiness. To get started finding Stabs At Happiness, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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