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"e;Matt Dojny's novel is a true delight. I can't think of any writer since Kingsley Amis who's been able to write high-minded comedy that packs such a punch. I've never enjoyed a comic novel more."e;John Wray, author of Lowboy, The Right Hand of Sleep, and Canann's Tongue The Festival of Earthly Delights is a humorous bildungsroman set in the fictional Southeast Asian country of Puchai. The protagonist, Boyd Darrow, has recently moved there with his unfaithful girlfriend to give their relationship a second chance. His adventures, and misadventures, are relayed in a series of letters to a mysterious recipient. February 19 8:23 AM Dear Hap: A new position falls into the hands of one who, living, dreams. I bought this notebook in the airport when we arrived in Puchai, and, instead of keeping a journalwhich always feels lonely and pointless to meI've decided to write you a letter. IT WILL COME TRUE. Ulla and I are in the Central Dakhong Railway Station, waiting for the 12:13 train to Mai Mor. The station is rumbling and hot and cavernous and painted floor-to-ceiling in volcanic orange. Ulla has wandered off in search of a bathroom and I'm sitting on a bench, guarding our bags. Andwhere are you? Matt Dojny lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife, new baby, and dog. He is currently a graphic designer for Scholastic Books, and recently co-authored an illustrated essay called "e;Impossible Sightseeing"e; in A Public Space.
Eugene Cross captures much of his generation's fears and excitements with a collection of realistic stories that borders on darkness at times. His is a voice combining humor and pathos with an edginess creating fresh new stories that are being published in great literary journals regularly. His contemporaries are Laura van den Berg, Josh Weil, and Benjamin Percy. Eugene Cross teaches English and creative writing at Penn State University, Erie, Pennsylvania, where he received the 2008 Faculty Scholarship. His stories have appeared in Storyglossia, Guernica, Hobart, Third Coast, and other literary journals.
"e;McGrady scrapes away at the surface truths that so many people so comfortably hide behind in order to justify their lifetimes of action and inaction, and gets at, if not definitive answers, definitive questions, that, once asked, cannot be ignored."e;Louisiana State University Book Review The Bastard Pleasure is a dark novel. It concerns the destruction of identity, and the brutal way in which it is reclaimed - more plainly it is about terrorism, in all its mundane and incomprehensible forms, and self-determination.
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