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When the nines roll over and other stories / David Benioff

By:

Benioff, David

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Viking , c2004Description: 223 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780670033393

Subject(s):

Short stories

DDC classification:

FIC BEN

LOC classification:

PS3552.E54425 W47 2004

Contents:

When the nines roll over -- The Devil comes to Orekovo -- Zoanthropy -- Barefoot girl in clover -- De composition -- Garden of no -- Neversink -- Merde for luck.

Summary: Benioff uses humor and rich characterizations to explore the sometimes thrilling, sometimes pathetic state of the American urban male. Over the course of eight stories, some with an appealing touch of the surreal, we are introduced to a faded football star, soldiers in a Russian winter, a punk rocker, and other young men on the cusp of discovery and loss. As he evokes the various states of agony and pleasurehumiliation, rebellion, camaraderie, and desire Benioff displays a profound understanding of the contemporary male psyche.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC BEN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		003966

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When the nines roll over -- The Devil comes to Orekovo -- Zoanthropy -- Barefoot girl in clover -- De composition -- Garden of no -- Neversink -- Merde for luck.

Benioff uses humor and rich characterizations to explore the sometimes thrilling, sometimes pathetic state of the American urban male. Over the course of eight stories, some with an appealing touch of the surreal, we are introduced to a faded football star, soldiers in a Russian winter, a punk rocker, and other young men on the cusp of discovery and loss. As he evokes the various states of agony and pleasurehumiliation, rebellion, camaraderie, and desire Benioff displays a profound understanding of the contemporary male psyche.

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