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The bestselling writer who took us on a
cross-country journey to reveal his long love affair with
chocolate in Candyfreak returns with his second accomplished
short-story collection. Once again he has produced a funny,
bracing, sometimes shocking, always imaginative collection
of stories and characters: a young magazine editor enduring
a bizarre blind date; a couple who are sure that they have
been given implants by space aliens; a young boy desperate
to please his father with his baseball prowess, who ends up
fatally wounding another boy during a game; a creative-writing
teacher struggling to resist his seductive student.
With tremendous heart and an unmatchable wit, Almond proves—as
he did with the acclaimed My Life in Heavy Metaland
the bestselling Candyfreak—to
be one of the most original writers of our time.
Steve Almond is the author
of the acclaimed story collection My Life in Heavy Metal.
He has published stories and poems in publications ranging
from Playboy to Tin House to Zoetrope,
and they have been widely anthologized. He is a regular commentator
on the NPR affiliate WBUR in Boston, teaches creative writing
at Boston College, and has eaten at least one piece of candy
every single day of his entire life.
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