| Description |
1 online resource (186 pages) |
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data file rda |
| Series |
desLibris. Books collection.
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| Note |
Short stories. |
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Print version record. |
| Contents |
The Favourite Nephew -- Maurice -- Little Eric -- Bad Boys -- Valery the Great -- I Visited the Grand Canyon -- Blossom -- Bittersweet Bratislava -- Hank Williams Is Coming to Save Us -- Doll and Snooks -- The Houdini -- Wishing Well -- Finbar -- The Teddy Bears' Picnic -- A Great Nation -- Maury -- Jess Loves Jorge -- Freud's Rat Man Was Conflicted -- Johnnycanuck Had This to Say. |
| Summary |
Valery the Great is a crackling, electric collection of dark humour that follows the bizarre and beautiful lives of its protagonists. Sometimes sweet and gentle, sometimes sharply sarcastic, the unique narrative voices in this collection are always powerfully touching. Praise for Valery the Great: ""15 Finest Book Covers in Spring Fiction This Year"" selection (Something Daily blog) ""By turns comic, pathetic, and tenderly tragic, Valery the Great is a charming collection."" (Quill & Quire) ""Her voice is scathing, very funny, her stories twisting at the end to leave me a bit stunned. ... I lo. |
| Subject |
Short stories, Canadian.
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Short stories, Canadian. (OCoLC)fst01117131
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FICTION / General.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781897535899 1897535899 |
| ISBN |
1927380103 (electronic bk.) |
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9781927380109 (electronic bk.) |
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9781927380093 (electronic bk.) |
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192738009X (electronic bk.) |
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