Congratulations on Your Martyrdom!
Zachary Tyler Vickers
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Description for Congratulations on Your Martyrdom!
Paperback. Series: Break Away Books. Num Pages: 202 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 250.
Searing, troubling, and funny, these revolutionary, linked stories flit and dart among the shadows of small town life, and the touching and heartbreaking characters that occupy it. Employees use roadkill instead of faux pelts during a build-a-critter battle for mall supremacy. Former band geeks are harassed with mutilated musical instruments and then murdered. The collection is haunted by allusions to a fatal cannonball jump that crescendos in the explosive final story. An extraordinary addition to the canon of gonzo fiction, Congratulations on Your Martyrdom! introduces Zachary Tyler Vickers as an exciting new author whose unflinching prose grabs you and won't ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
Series
Break Away Books
Number of Pages
202
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253019813
SKU
V9780253019813
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Zachary Tyler Vickers
Zachary Tyler Vickers is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop where he was the Provost's Fellow. He is recipient of the Richard Yates Prize and the Clark Fisher Ansley Prize, and his stories have appeared in numerous journals. His website is www.ztvickers.com
Reviews for Congratulations on Your Martyrdom!
Fascinating, funny, dark, and thought-provoking, with every sentence crafted meticulously.
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