Joe Meno




Joe Meno

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Joe Meno is a fiction writer and playwright that lives in Chicago. A winner of the Nelson Algren Literary Award and the Society of Midland Author's Fiction Prize, he is the author of four novels, The Boy Detective Fails (Akashic 2006), Hairstyles of the Damned (Akashic 2004), Tender as Hellfire (St. Martin's 1999), and How the Hula Girl Sings (HarperCollins 2001). His short story collection is Bluebirds Used to Croon in the Choir (TriQuarterly 2005). His online serial, "The Secret Hand", ran through Playboy magazine at playboy.com. His short fiction has been published in the likes of McSweeney's, Witness, TriQuarterly, Mid-American Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Washington Square, Other Voices, Gulf Coast, and broadcast on NPR. ...more




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avg rating: 3.69 | 3,177 ratings | 595 reviews | 14 distinct works | 34 fans
Hairstyles of the Damned Hairstyles of the Damned
by Joe Meno
avg rating 3.60 — 1,437 ratings — published 2004
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The Boy Detective Fails The Boy Detective Fails (Punk Planet Books)
by Joe Meno
avg rating 3.84 — 843 ratings — published 2006
4 editions
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How the Hula Girl Sings How the Hula Girl Sings
by Joe Meno
avg rating 3.52 — 221 ratings — published 2001
2 editions
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The Great Perhaps: A Novel The Great Perhaps: A Novel
by Joe Meno
avg rating 3.54 — 180 ratings — published 2009
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Demons in the Spring Demons in the Spring
by Joe Meno
avg rating 3.96 — 152 ratings — published 2008
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Tender As Hellfire Tender As Hellfire
by Joe Meno
avg rating 3.61 — 150 ratings — published 1999
2 editions
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Bluebirds Used to Croon in the... Bluebirds Used to Croon in the Choir: Stories
by Joe Meno
avg rating 3.94 — 99 ratings — published 2005
2 editions
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BrickJournal Compendium Volume... BrickJournal Compendium Volume 2
by Joe Meno
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2008
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BrickJournal Compendium Volume... BrickJournal Compendium Volume 1
by Joe Meno
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2008
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BrickJournal Compendium Volume... BrickJournal Compendium Volume 3
by Joe Meno
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2008
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"What I've learned is that there is nothing in this life that does not fail to disappoint us, even our own deaths."
Joe Meno (The Boy Detective Fails)
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"The most important things in your life are almost always impossible to predict."
Joe Meno (The Boy Detective Fails)
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"The city glitters past us with its sharp edges, reminding us of how tiny, how weak, how totally unimportant we are."
Joe Meno (Demons in the Spring)
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