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.
I think that's the best booktitle I've heard in a long time - is it related to the carer monkey of last month ;) ?
ReplyDeleteGreat 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.
DeleteI love the title too, Col. And really, Elvis-loving neighbours? This does sound like a solid collection. Glad you enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteMargot, definitely plenty to like and entertain in this collection,
DeleteCol, 20 short stories is not bad for half-a-day's read. There's some variety in this collection.
ReplyDeletePrashant, it might be worth a look-see. At the minute it's free on Amazon UK.
DeleteSounds fun!
ReplyDeleteIndeed it was......what's better is it was/is a freebie on Amazon!
DeleteI am more into short stories now but these have got to be really short. I may try it some day.
ReplyDeleteI 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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