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- Bin Laden's Bald Spot: & Other Stories
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: Red Hen Press
summary
Welcome to the peculiar and headlong world of Brian Doyle's fiction, where the odd is happening all the time, reported upon by characters of every sort and stripe. Swirling voices and skeins of story, laughter and rage, ferocious attention to detail and sweeping nuttiness, tears and chortling—these stories will remind readers of the late giant David Foster Wallace, in their straightforward accounts of anything-but-straightforward events; of modern short story pioneer Raymond Carver, a bit, in their blunt, unadorned dialogue; and of Julia Whitty, a bit, in their willingness to believe what is happening, even if it absolutely shouldn't be.
Funny, piercing, unique, memorable, this is a collection of stories readers will find nearly impossible to forget.
Table of Contents
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- Bin Laden's Bald Spot
- pp. 1-3
- King of the Losers
- pp. 4-12
- The Boyfriends Bus
- pp. 17-21
- Do You Think We Should Pull Over?
- pp. 22-32
- The Cuckold 10K
- pp. 38-43
- Three Basketball Stories
- pp. 44-50
- Stay Flush
- pp. 51-57
- Welcome Home Dick Queen!
- pp. 66-68
- Waking the Bishop
- pp. 69-78
- Chino's Story
- pp. 84-86
- A Confession
- pp. 90-98
- The Man Who Wanted to Live in the Library
- pp. 106-110
- Ramon Martinez Tells What Happened That Day
- pp. 111-112
- Pinching Bernie
- pp. 133-143
- Bin Laden's Blind Spot
- pp. 144-147
Additional Information
ISBN
9781597091794
Related ISBN(s)
9781597099158
MARC Record
OCLC
835770594
Pages
160
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No