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| Dogwalker (Hardback – Second-hand) |
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Full blurb:
Twelve daring, twisted, searingly funny short stories from a young writer with a startling imagination. This is an outstanding debut from a young American writer and protege of Dave Eggers and Zadie Smith, who will appeal to many readers of both. Dogwalker evokes a world of misfits, of bizarre circumstance and horrific outcomes. With his gift for deadpan dialogue and outrageous incident, and a knack for revealing innocence in the midst of profound depravity, Arthur Bradford offers up a blazingly funny, wholly original, and unexpectedly compassionate vision.
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First page first lines:
From Catface - ‘The disability payments were being cut down since, according to their doctor, I was getting better. I had been without work for months and needed money so I decided to share my place and split the cost. My place was small. They called it a “studio apartment,” which meant it had only one room’ ...
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Category: Short story collection
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Author: Arthur Bradford
Arthur Bradford lives in Virginia, USA. His fiction has appeared in Esquire and McSweeney’s. He has worked with people with Down’s Syndrome and other disabilities for many years. Dogwalker is his first book.
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Publisher: Penguin Books
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Reviews:
‘A book that’s like being able to have lunch with the part of you that dreams at night... stories that are sweet, haunting, resonant, generous, and true the way only the strange is true.’ – David Foster Wallace.
`His perfect, perfect stories remain in your head, much like, say, a severed torso might remain under the tracks of a train.’' – Dave Eggers.
‘Quite simply the mutt’s nuts: one of the funniest, smartest, tallest writers at work in America today. – Zadie Smith.
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| Book code: BTD059 |
| Price: GBP £ 5.00 |
| USD $ 8.00 |
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