This first collection of 12 powerful stories takes a clear-eyed view of relationships between young men and women who have come of age in an era without innocence. A top five Book Sense 76 title.
This first collection of 12 powerful stories takes a clear-eyed view of relationships between young men and women who have come of age in an era witho...
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...
Steve Almond, the man whose candy jones fueled the bestseller Candyfreak, returns with a collection of stories that both seals his reputation a...
In (Not that You Asked), Steve Almond documents a life spent brawling with the idiot kings of modern culture. He squares off against Sean Hannity on national TV, takes on Oprah Winfrey, nearly gets kidnapped by a reality TV crew, and winds up in Boston, where he quickly enrages the entire population of Red Sox Nation. Amid the carnage, he finds time to celebrate his literary hero, the late Kurt Vonnegut. These are essays the Los Angeles Times has called "rich, fearless and] cutting." Praise for (Not that You Asked) "Refreshingly irreverent . . . absurdly...
In (Not that You Asked), Steve Almond documents a life spent brawling with the idiot kings of modern culture. He squares off against Sean Hanni...
Presents a series of traded and shared confessions of John and Jane; their messy sexual and emotional histories, their first shy, callow relationships, their past errors and big loves, their flaws and their passions. This novel features stories that reveal
Presents a series of traded and shared confessions of John and Jane; their messy sexual and emotional histories, their first shy, callow relationships...
Offers a collection of short stories that explores the lives of young men in their twenties and thirties, their confusions, their obsessions, their emotional complexities, taking a clear-eyed view of relationships between young men and women who have come of age in an era without innocence.
Offers a collection of short stories that explores the lives of young men in their twenties and thirties, their confusions, their obsessions, their em...
George Plimpton's follow-up to Paper Lion, one of his personal favorites among his classic books--now repackaged and including a foreword from Steve Almond and never-before-seen content from the Plimpton archives. In MAD DUCKS AND BEARS, George Plimpton's engaging companion to Paper Lion, Plimpton focuses on two of the most entertaining and roguish linemen and former teammates--Alex Karras ("Mad Ducks") and John Gordy ("Bears"), both of whom went on to achieve brilliant post-football success. A more reflective, less madcap book than Plimpton's other work, MAD...
George Plimpton's follow-up to Paper Lion, one of his personal favorites among his classic books--now repackaged and including a foreword fr...
