|aTunneling to the center of the earth :|bstories /|cKevin Wilson
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|a1st ed.
260
|aNew York :|bEcco,|cc2009
300
|a208, 16 p. ;|c21 cm
500
|a"An Ecco book"--T.p
500
|aIncludes "P. S. insights, interviews & more..."--Cover
505
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|tGrand stand-in --|tBlowing up on the spot --|tThe dead sister handbook: a guide for sensitive boys --|tBirds in the house --|tMortal kombat --|tTunneling to the center of the earth --|tThe shooting man --|tThe choir director affair (the baby's teeth) --|tGo, fight, win --|tThe museum of whatnot --|tWorst-case scenario
Kevin Wilson's characters inhabit a world that moves seamlessly between the real and the imagined, the mundane and the fantastic. "Grand Stand-In" is narrated by an employee of a Nuclear Family Supplemental Provider—a company that supplies "stand-ins" for families with deceased, ill, or just plain mean grandparents. And in "Blowing Up On the Spot," a young woman works sorting tiles at a Scrabble factory after her parents have spontaneously combusted. Southern gothic at its best, laced with humor and pathos, these wonderfully inventive stories explore the relationship between loss and death and the many ways we try to cope with both.
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Kevin Wilson's characters inhabit a world that moves seamlessly between the real and the imagined, the mundane and the fantastic. "Grand Stand-In" is narrated by an employee of a Nuclear Family Supplemental Provider—a company that supplies "stand-ins" for families with deceased, ill, or just plain mean grandparents. And in "Blowing Up On the Spot," a young woman works sorting tiles at a Scrabble factory after her parents have spontaneously combusted. Southern gothic at its best, laced with humor and pathos, these wonderfully inventive stories explore the relationship between loss and death and the many ways we try to cope with both.
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