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Busy Monsters: A Novel
William Giraldi
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Description for Busy Monsters: A Novel
Paperback. "The best literary present .. has a delicate sweetness that shows through at just the right moments."-Ron Charles, Washington Post Book World Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 246.
Echoing a narrative line that includes Kurt Vonnegut and Joseph Heller, William Giraldi's Busy Monsters has been hailed as one of the most exciting fiction debuts in years. Penned with a linguistic bravado that explores the diaphanous line between fiction and fact, this very funny, very inventive debut novel (The New Yorker) has at last revived the great American picaresque tradition.
Echoing a narrative line that includes Kurt Vonnegut and Joseph Heller, William Giraldi's Busy Monsters has been hailed as one of the most exciting fiction debuts in years. Penned with a linguistic bravado that explores the diaphanous line between fiction and fact, this very funny, very inventive debut novel (The New Yorker) has at last revived the great American picaresque tradition.
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Number of pages
282
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
246g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393342932
SKU
V9780393342932
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About William Giraldi
William Giraldi is the author of the critically hailed novels Busy Monsters and Hold the Dark, and the memoir, The Hero's Body. He is fiction editor for the journal AGNI at Boston University. He lives in Boston with his wife and sons.
Reviews for Busy Monsters: A Novel
Comedy, satire, farce, language... [A] release from the familiar and banal ... has the kind of agenda that gives heft to the picaresque novels from which it is derived.
New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice Wonderful... Singular and arresting ... filled with quirky turns of phrase, unexpected literary and cultural allusions, self-aware asides, and highfalutin word ... Read more
New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice Wonderful... Singular and arresting ... filled with quirky turns of phrase, unexpected literary and cultural allusions, self-aware asides, and highfalutin word ... Read more