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Bluebirds Used to Croon in the Choir
Joe Meno
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Description for Bluebirds Used to Croon in the Choir
Paperback. A collection of stories that features characters such as oddballs and charmers. They are souls not so much lost as wandering, looking for something better. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 281.
Twins who anesthetize and dress up small animals to cheer their grieving mother; childhood friends who return every year to the amusement park near the site of their kidnapping; an awkward teen trying to find his way among the ruins of Greek mythology camp; brothers brought together by stolen airport baggage: these are some of the characters who populate Joe Meno's first collection of stories. Oddballs and charmers, they are souls not so much lost as wandering, looking for something better, trying to explain or, if all else fails, to entertain. Meno's work - celebrated for its ""unflinching honesty"" (""Entertainment ... Read more
Twins who anesthetize and dress up small animals to cheer their grieving mother; childhood friends who return every year to the amusement park near the site of their kidnapping; an awkward teen trying to find his way among the ruins of Greek mythology camp; brothers brought together by stolen airport baggage: these are some of the characters who populate Joe Meno's first collection of stories. Oddballs and charmers, they are souls not so much lost as wandering, looking for something better, trying to explain or, if all else fails, to entertain. Meno's work - celebrated for its ""unflinching honesty"" (""Entertainment ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810124240
SKU
V9780810124240
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Joe Meno
Joe Meno is the author of The Boy Detective Fails (Akashic/Punk Planet, 2006), Hairstyles of the Damned (Akashic/Punk Planet, 2004), How the Hula Girl Sings (Akashic/Punk Planet, 2005), and Tender as Hellfire (St. Martin's, 1999). Meno lives in Chicago, where he teaches creative writing at Columbia College Chicago.
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