Saturday, 27 June 2015

ADAM MAXWELL - DIAL M FOR MONKEY (2006)


Synopsis/blurb………

Adam Maxwell's first collection of short stories is inventive, funny, dark, and hugely entertaining. Effortlessly fusing pop culture, gunplay, and simians, Dial M For Monkey contains a vibrant mixture of short stories - and short-short stories including 'Happiness is a Warm Gun' which featured in McSweeney's Internet Tendency.

124 pages and approximately 20 short stories.

Dark, light, absurd and irreverent and all thing in-between.

Soul selling, chickens moving house, disputes with noisy, Elvis-loving neighbours, testicular ruptures and what does happen when you put a loaded gun in a microwave and press START?

A couple of hours enjoyable reading with this collection.

4 from 5


Acquired recently on Amazon UK for Kindle.

Adam Maxwell has his website here. 
Assuming I ever get the TBR pile under control, I'd be interested in trying more of his stuff.  
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10 comments:

  1. Clothes In Books27 June 2015 at 02:30

    I think that's the best booktitle I've heard in a long time - is it related to the carer monkey of last month ;) ?

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    1. col291027 June 2015 at 05:50

      Great title indeed, no connection to our carer monkey - a totally different best this time features in the story - I ALMOST SPANKED A MONKEY - literally not euphemistically.

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  2. Anonymous27 June 2015 at 04:42

    I love the title too, Col. And really, Elvis-loving neighbours? This does sound like a solid collection. Glad you enjoyed it.

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    1. col291027 June 2015 at 05:52

      Margot, definitely plenty to like and entertain in this collection,

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  3. Prashant C. Trikannad27 June 2015 at 06:12

    Col, 20 short stories is not bad for half-a-day's read. There's some variety in this collection.

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    1. col291027 June 2015 at 14:10

      Prashant, it might be worth a look-see. At the minute it's free on Amazon UK.

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  4. noirencyclopedia28 June 2015 at 08:11

    Sounds fun!

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    1. col291028 June 2015 at 08:40

      Indeed it was......what's better is it was/is a freebie on Amazon!

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  5. TracyK28 June 2015 at 21:16

    I am more into short stories now but these have got to be really short. I may try it some day.

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    1. col291028 June 2015 at 21:53

      I think Glen had one of the author's books on his Goodreads list, which is how I came across him. Glad to hear your short story thing is working out for you.

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