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James Greer

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"James Greer, one of the nimblest and most multilayered American fiction writers, has, with his latest novel The Failure, pulled off a sublime and shivery-smooth literary hat-trick-cum-emotional-gotcha. I defy anyone to come up with an equation to explain how this book's first impression as a ridiculously clever, funny crime story can gradually disclose a metanovel built from far more encyclopedic scratch only to reveal upon its conclusion a central, overriding thought so heartfelt literally it trembles your lower lip. This is one stunning piece of work."
--Dennis Cooper, author of Ugly Man

"James Greer's The Failure is such an unqualified success, both in conception and execution, that I have grave doubts he actually wrote it."
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Everything Flows

A collection of my “stories,” leaning hard on the figurative sense of story, will be published by Curbside Splendor in November of this year, with the usual caveat that the world may end right around that time in which case never mind. I do hope my forthcoming book will in no way [...]

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Average rating: 3.88 · 311 ratings · 62 reviews · 10 distinct works

	Guided by Voices: A Brief History: Twenty-One Years of Hunting Accidents in the Forests of Rock and Roll by James Greer (Goodreads Author), Steven Soderbergh (Foreword by) 3.75 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Artificial Light by James Greer (Goodreads Author), Dennis Cooper (Editor) 3.76 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Failure 3.65 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Three Wee Ulster Lassies: Or News from Our Irish Cousins (1883) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Speed Chronicles by Joseph Mattson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), William T. Vollman (Contributor), Sherman Alexie (Contributor) 4.10 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Slake: Los Angeles, A City and Its Stories, No. 2: Crossing Over by Laurie Ochoa, Joe Donnelly (Editor), James Greer (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Slake: Los Angeles, a City and Its Stories, No. 3: War & Peace by Joe Donnelly, Laurie Ochoa, James Greer (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Two Letters, Volume 2: Collection of Art and Writing by Christopher Lepkowski, Joseph Mattson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Josh Cochran (Illustrator) 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings	My rating:
	Joyland Retro by Brian Joseph Davis (Goodreads Author), Nathan Sellyn, Roxane Gay (Goodreads Author) 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Experienced by Roland Goity (Editor), John Ottey (Editor), Kimy Martinez (Illustrator) 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:

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James said "yes" to attending the event: SPEED CHRONICLES launch at BOOK SOUP! date: November 16, 2011 07:00PM location: Book Soup Bookstore, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA, The United States description: AKASHIC BOOKS LAUNCHES NEW DRUG-THEMED ORIGINAL FICTION ANTHOLOGY SERIES! Editor/Contributor JOSEPH MATTSON and Contributor JAMES GREER present & sign THE SPEED CHRONICLES* Editors/Contributors GARY PHILLIPS and JERVEY TERVALON present & sign THE COCAINE CHRONICLES 8818 Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood CA 90069 www.booksoup.com 310-659-3110 *Featuring brand-new stories by: Sherman Alexie, William T. Vollmann, James Franco, Megan Abbott, Jerry Stahl, Beth Lisick, Jess Walter, Scott Phillips, James Gr...more
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Quotes by James Greer

“Function? Why function? Who needs more functioning human beings? It's really quite astounding, if you ask me, the sheer quantity of normal in the world today. I think that's the real horror of modern life.”
― James Greer, The Failure

tags: function , human-nature , normal

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