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Sorry to Disrupt the Peace
Patrick Cottrell
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Description for Sorry to Disrupt the Peace
Paperback. Helen Moran's adoptive brother is dead. Helen's adoptive family is estranged. She alone is qualified to launch a serious investigation into her adoptive brother's suicide and the toxic fumes radiating out of the house. Sorry to Disrupt the Peace is a dark comedy about suicide. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Helen's adoptive brother has killed himself. According to the internet, there are six possible reasons for suicide. But Helen knows better: she knows that six reasons is only shorthand for the abyss. Helen also knows that she alone is qualified to launch a serious investigation into his death, so she purchases a one-way ticket back to Milwaukee, her hometown. There, as she attempts to uncover why someone would choose to die, she will face her estranged family, her brother's few friends, and the overzealous grief counsellor, Chad Lambo; she may also discover what it truly means to be alive.Sorry to ... Read more
Helen's adoptive brother has killed himself. According to the internet, there are six possible reasons for suicide. But Helen knows better: she knows that six reasons is only shorthand for the abyss. Helen also knows that she alone is qualified to launch a serious investigation into his death, so she purchases a one-way ticket back to Milwaukee, her hometown. There, as she attempts to uncover why someone would choose to die, she will face her estranged family, her brother's few friends, and the overzealous grief counsellor, Chad Lambo; she may also discover what it truly means to be alive.Sorry to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
And Other Stories
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
High Wycombe, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781911508007
SKU
KTJ8038753
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Patrick Cottrell
Patrick Cottrell's work has appeared or is forthcoming in Guernica, BOMB, Gulf Coast, and Black Warrior Review. He lives in Los Angeles.
Reviews for Sorry to Disrupt the Peace
'A tremendously moving act of imagination.' Helen Oyeyemi, What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
- 'Her voice is unflinching, unforgettable, and animated with a restless sense of humor.' Catherine Lacey, Nobody Is Ever Missing
- 'A beguiling debut: absurdly funny, surprisingly beautiful, and ultimately sad as fuck.' Danielle Dutton, Margaret the First
- 'Her voice is unflinching, unforgettable, and animated with a restless sense of humor.' Catherine Lacey, Nobody Is Ever Missing
- 'A beguiling debut: absurdly funny, surprisingly beautiful, and ultimately sad as fuck.' Danielle Dutton, Margaret the First