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005			20231009193222.0
008			070911s2006 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a2006006260
020			_a9781582433578
082	0	0	_aFIC BOU
100	1		_aBoudinot, Ryan, 1972-
245	1	4	_aThe littlest Hitler _b: stories _c/ Ryan Boudinot
260			_aNew York _b: Counterpoint _c, c2006.
300			_a215 p. _c; 22 cm.
505	0		_aThe littlest Hitler -- On sex and relationships -- Bee beard -- Blood relatives -- Drugs and toys -- Contaminant -- Civilization -- Written by machines -- The Flautist -- The sales team -- Absolut Boudinot -- So little time.
520			_aBoudinot proves himself a twisted, formidable storyteller in his dark and surefooted debut. In the title story, fourth-grader Davy, with his father's assistance, dresses up as Hitler for Halloween ("I had gotten the idea after watching World War II week on PBS"), but realizes his terrible judgment after an encounter with a classmate dressed as Anne Frank. "On Sex and Relationships" brims with irony as two yuppie couples get together for dinner; the evening is banal enough-board games, nostalgic chitchat-but festering rivalries, buried secrets and bitterness color the evening and threaten to sink the narrator's relationship with his girlfriend. In "Civilization," teens of the future receive "duty papers" when it's time to kill their parents, so as to be accepted into college. Despite his parents' encouragement to kill them ("Don't let your nerves get to you!" reads a Post-it his father sticks to the refrigerator), narrator Craig has his reservations. Reminiscent of early Rick Moody or the short stories of Daniel Handler, each of Boudinot's 13 stories is a microcosm of weirdness imbued with imagination and maniacal wit.
655		7	_aShort stories
942			_cMO
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