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The Secret Goldfish - by David Means (Paperback)

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  • Author(s): David Means
  • 224 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Short Stories (single author)

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About the Book



From the "Los Angeles Times" Book Prize-winning author of "Assorted Fire Events" comes an extraordinary story collection.



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Readers familiar with David Means' electrifying work in the Los Angeles Times Book Prize -- winning Assorted Fire Eventswill recognize his extraordinary vision in The Secret Goldfish. A trio of erotically charged kids goes on a crime spree in Michigan; a goldfish bears witness to the demise of a Connecticut marriage; and an extremely unlucky man is stalked by lightning. This dazzling new collection reveals Means' rare talent for the short story and establishes his place among the American masters.



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"Lean, agile...There's not a cheap emotion or a predictable conclusion to be found...humane [and] unaccountably lovely." - New York Times Book Review on Assorted Fire Events
"A splendid short story collection...from one of the most original writers of short fiction working today - Esquire on Assorted Fire Events
"With stunning simplicity, Means offers 15 stirring portraits of tragedy, loss, and love." - Esquire
Achingly intelligent....[David Means] stands among our most gifted younger writers." - New York Times
"David Means knows his way around the English language. [The Secret Goldfish] aims toward a mythology of the modern heartland...so lovely I want to quote the whole thing." - Los Angeles Times
"Vivid...Means's last collection was a finalist for the National Book Award...the stories here are just as unsentimental and tightly wound." - New York Times Book Review
"A darkly comic cache of stories . . . impressively inventive." - Elle
"An imaginative and penetrating collection." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Means' stories meld literary influences from diverse traditions: mainstream writers like Alice Munro and Beat voices like Jack Kerouac. Mix in the impact of singer-songwriters like Bob Dylan, and the resulting fiction is uniquely Means' own-an innovative approach to form, an eerie, somber tone and characters so out of place in American society they seem disposable." - New York Newsday
"Riveting...it is Means' signature talent to view the lives of his characters, and life itself, from somewhere just beyond..." - Jeffrey Eugenides, author of The Virgin Suicides and Middlesex
"Means is a courageous writer, intelligent and funny and humane...the pleasure in reading THE SECRET GOLDFISH is tremendous." - Donald Antrim
Crystalline." - The New Yorker on Assorted Fire Events
"We care for the characters as if we have known and loved and detested them forever...An exceptional book." - Michael Faber on Assorted Fire Events

Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.32 Inches (W) x .54 Inches (D)
Weight: .43 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 224
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Short Stories (single author)
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback
Author: David Means
Language: English
Street Date: October 4, 2005
TCIN: 84034971
UPC: 9780007164905
Item Number (DPCI): 247-12-9495
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 0.43 pounds
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