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Novelists
C. P. Boyko
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Description for Novelists
Paperback. Never has the short story seen so much long wind. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 199.
Longlisted for the 2014 Frank O'Connor Award Novelists: the soul of an age, certainly. Brilliant? Perhaps. Yet aren't they also doddering, petulant, pedantic, knockkneed, skittish, and thunderingly insecure--resentful, awkward, annoying--demanding, deluded, and vexingly indifferent to reality? New from short fiction devotee C.P. Boyko, Novelists is a comedy of manners (and manuscripts), rivalling Vanity Fair for its satirical wit...though not, mercifully, for its length. PRAISE FOR NOVELISTS "Proudly, gloriously, gleefully old-fashioned in their style and settings, these largely comic stories about the worst traits of artists are more serious than they at first seem: they depict the petty insecurities that ... Read more
Longlisted for the 2014 Frank O'Connor Award Novelists: the soul of an age, certainly. Brilliant? Perhaps. Yet aren't they also doddering, petulant, pedantic, knockkneed, skittish, and thunderingly insecure--resentful, awkward, annoying--demanding, deluded, and vexingly indifferent to reality? New from short fiction devotee C.P. Boyko, Novelists is a comedy of manners (and manuscripts), rivalling Vanity Fair for its satirical wit...though not, mercifully, for its length. PRAISE FOR NOVELISTS "Proudly, gloriously, gleefully old-fashioned in their style and settings, these largely comic stories about the worst traits of artists are more serious than they at first seem: they depict the petty insecurities that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Emeryville, Canada
ISBN
9781927428719
SKU
V9781927428719
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About C. P. Boyko
C.P. Boyko (Blackouts, 2009) has been nominated for the Journey Prize and published in The Walrus, PRISM International, and The New Quarterly. Psychology and Other Stories, his second collection, was shortlisted for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize in 2013. Born and raised in Saskatchewan, Boyko received degrees in English and Psychology from the University of Calgary. He lives in ... Read more
Reviews for Novelists
"Uproarious ... Boyko's ensemble of absurd, inexhaustible narcissists comes uncomfortably near to reality."
The Wall Street Journal "These stories are funny and sardonic, satirical, well-written, and keen ... [Boyko's] characters are larger-than-life, very funny, but more authentic than they first seem ... we'll enjoy laughing at them, and laugh at ourselves at the same time."
The San Francisco Book Review "Few writers ... Read more
The Wall Street Journal "These stories are funny and sardonic, satirical, well-written, and keen ... [Boyko's] characters are larger-than-life, very funny, but more authentic than they first seem ... we'll enjoy laughing at them, and laugh at ourselves at the same time."
The San Francisco Book Review "Few writers ... Read more